Lake Worth Playhouse

The Lake Worth Playhouse, located at 713 Lake Avenue in Lake Worth, Florida, is a venue offering a variety of mainstream and alternative programming, both live and, in its Stonzek Theatre, on film. It opened its doors as the Oakley Theatre in 1924, showing silent movies, and with a Wurlitzer pipe organ, lost in the hurricane of 1928, which virtually demolished the theatre. After rebuilding, the theatre changed hands and names many times, and became deteriorated; as the Playtoy, in 1969, it presented the Palm Beach County premiere of Deep Throat.[1] In 1975 the Lake Worth Playhouse (incorporated 1953) purchased the theatre and carried out extensive renovations. It is the oldest surviving Art Deco building in Palm Beach County.[2] It is the host of the annual L-DUB Film Festival.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Frank Cerbino and Laura Lordi, "Our (se)X-rated history: A titillating view of nudity in Palm Beach County," Palm Beach Post, http://projects,mypalmbeachpost.com/nakedpalmbeachcountuy//
  2. ↑ "Lake Worth Playhouse History," http://www.lakeworthplayhouse.org/playhouse_history.html, retrieved August 2, 2017.
  3. ↑ https://filmfreeway.com/festival/LDUBFilmFestival, retrieved August 3, 2017.
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