Teatro Trail Theatre
3715 S.W. 8th Street,
Coral Gables,
FL
33134
3715 S.W. 8th Street,
Coral Gables,
FL
33134
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The Trail theatre was opened by Claughton Theatres on September 1st, 1948 with 2 grand openings. Ad posted.
The Trail opened in 1948.
Website in Spanish: http://www.teatrotrail.com/
Correction: The TRAIL THEATER was built by my Father Edward N. Claughton in the mid 1940s and was one of a chain of 14 Claughton Theaters in Florida. It did not become a Spanish theater until after my family sold it the 1960s.
This theater was built in the early 1940s by my father, Edward N. Claughton and was one of several Claughton Theaters owned and managed by my family in greater Miami, Tampa and Boynton.
Coral Gables' city boundary extends to Flagler street at that point.
This Theater is on the north side of SW 8th st and therefore not in Coral Gables. Seems like a Calle Ocho theater to me.
There used to be a Royal Castle on the corner. I remember seeing “The Green Berets” there. Armando Roblán had his live plays on the stage for years and lately variety shows.
A recent photo of the Trail Theater.
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Break a leg, Jorge. The Trail deserves another chance.
We are so excited, after a long time finally we recived the keys of the Trail Theater located on Calle 8 and 37 Avenue, the place was dirty but with new seats, carpets and paint inside, now the theather is for 430 persons, my partner and I are thinking on rent and coproduce, now the place is clean and starting to look like the old times, our friends are very excited that they will have a theather that is not too big or too small to perform.
My partner is Marisol Correa a Colombian actress since she was 10 years old, now she works for Caracol Broadcasting a local radio broadcast, on some TV shows and her passion is the theater.
We know that this are dificult times but we WILL PREVAIL.
So, could you change the ‘status’ for OPEN and can you will say us: “Break a Legâ€?
Jorge Angulo
I drove passed the Trail a couple weeks ago when I was in the Miami area, on my way to get a Cuban Sandwich at Sarucci’s (wow are those good), and this theater caught my eye…. I guess the 2007 plan to tear it down is over (hopefully), as the theater is still there. It didn’t look too bad, although it definitely was still closed.
1981 photo of the Trail here and 1987 photo of the Trail here.
Yes. Tamiami Trail, Calle Ocho and 8th Street are all the same.
The Trail is now the Latin Quarter Cultural Center presenting Spanish language plays. Since it has been refurbished it appears the bank idea has happily fallen by the wayside.
AA, thanks for the heads up. I just Google-mapped it, with Street View, and it is indeed the theater where I saw “The Exorcist” in Nov. 1982, while a UM student. Why I went to a Spanish-subtitled theater, I’m not sure. Probably, because I had never seen the film on the large screen. Strange that I would eventually move only a few blocks south of it, my senior year, but not remember it. (As a UM film school student, I went to a lot of the theaters in the Gables area.)
I went by this theatre today and a new marquee sign and front doors have been installed. It appears to be getting ready to re-open, perhaps once again as a legit house for local Spanish language productions.
Brigitteg, this was published in May:
For sale or lease by owner, Bill Ogden, please call 305-663-5860.
When you say it is “up for grabs” do you mean it is for sale or lease? Do you know if anyone is currently planning on renovating it?
At some point operated by Claughton Theatres.