Florida Theatre

Leftover from a century ago when theatres were opulent palaces, the Florida Theatre is one of the few of its kind remaining in Florida and the only survivor of a row of theatres that once flourished on Forsyth Street. Big names have played here—from Sally Rand to Lynyrd Skynyrd. The theatre hosts comedy and music acts and a summer movie series. It is on the National Register of Historic Places....

One of the last remaining movie palaces of the 1920s—and listed on the National Register of Historic Places—this theater was totally restored in the 1980s to preserve a rare example of the fantasy architecture of the period, with a Spanish-style courtyard, grand balconies, and fountains beneath a night sky, all dominated by the ornate and colorful proscenium arch and coffered ceiling. The...