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Coconut Grove Playhouse

Proscenium
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3500 Main Highway

Miami, Florida 33133

United States

Live Performance Active Eras:
  • 1956 – 2006

Description

Originally a movie theater and later a training auditorium for the US military during WWII, it was converted to legitimate theater in 1956. Currently (2026) there are plans to gut the interior and redesign it into a significantly smaller 300 seat theater. The original facade will be retained.

Year Built

1927

Seating Capacity

1,100 seats

Architect

Richard Kiehnel, 1956 conversion by Alfred Browning Parker

Sources

Newspaper clippings about productions at this stage, or about the stage in general. More source types can be added later.

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TypeDateTitleProductionStageActions
Newspaper Clipping14 Dec 1969notice of final performance for The Boys in the Band (Miami Herald)The Boys in the BandCoconut Grove Playhouse
Newspaper Clipping27 Nov 1969'Boys' Sends Its Message Hard (Miami Herald)The Boys in the BandCoconut Grove Playhouse
Newspaper Clipping26 Nov 1969'Boys in Band' A Stark Drama of Homosexuality (Fort Lauderdale News)The Boys in the BandCoconut Grove Playhouse
Newspaper Clipping20 Nov 1969ad for the Boys in the Band at Coconut Grove (Miami Herald)The Boys in the BandCoconut Grove Playhouse