OVATION APRIL | MAY | JUNE 2019 It’S Time to Come See North Florida’S Leading Digestive Health Experts
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TRIBUTE TO DID BOIE LIE ON RS OVATION APRIL | MAY | JUNE 2019 It’s time to come see North Florida’s leading digestive health experts. #BGPorcelainHits BorlandGroover.com bg302073_FLTheaterOvationAd-5x3.875_rsg.indd 1 6/13/18 9:23 AM Famous brands you know at prices you’ll love Roosevelt | Mandarin | Lakewood Beaches | Harbour Village | Baymeadows 1-888-SteinMart LET’S CONNECT & SHOP SteinMart.com A Party and Benefit Concert for the nonprofit Florida Theatre presented by For One Night Only IT’S LIKE A TOTALLY WHEN GNARLY PARTY! Saturday, May 18, 2019 WHERE: Join us for an exclusive night celebrating At the Historic Florida Theatre the decade you love as we bring the 80s DRESS: back to life! 80s Glam / Black Tie Optional TABLES: In a transformed Florida Theatre, choose a Table of 8 | $5,000 table for eight or four with endless cocktail Table of 4 | $2,500 service and a plated dinner. Or, enjoy heavy INDIVIDUAL TICKETS: hors d’oeuvres and never-ending cocktails $150 per person in the mezzanine, with rad balcony seating TABLE SEATING for a benefit concert featuring guest artists Begins at six o’clock in the evening for cocktails, performing the music of Madonna, George followed by dinner. Michael and Prince. To complete the INDIVIDUAL TICKETS Enter at seven o’clock for heavy hors d’oeuvres, evening, dance on the stage with live music cocktails and a private 80s dance party. by The Spazmatics. Dance floor opens at nine o’clock with live music WORD! by The Spazmatics. CHECK IT OUT ONLINE: floridatheatre.com/80sonforsyth WELCOME LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT Dear Friends and Patrons, If you came to the theatre tonight via Bay Street, you may have noticed that there seems to be more sunshine in our neighborhood. That’s both a metaphor and an actual fact, because the demolition of the old City Hall and Courthouse this winter cleared out some air space. We’re excited about the forward momentum downtown, and now that the way is clear on that particular property, just a block away, we look forward to what’s coming next. The Florida Theatre has been downtown since 1927. For 92 years this historic theatre has been providing historic entertainment to the citizens of Jacksonville. A lot has happened over those decades. There were good times, and bad times. There were up times, and down times, but through it all, the Florida Theatre continued to provide terrific entertainment, because great music, dance, theatre and film never go out of style. The architects of this building had some foresight, because 92 years later, we continue to use the building for art forms that weren’t even created then. Jazz, dance and musical theatre existed then, but not in their current forms, and in many cases, the artists that created rock and roll, standup comedy, hip hop and modern dance weren’t even born yet. Those of us who currently work at the Florida Theatre are just the temporary caretakers of this building. We stand on the shoulders of those who came before us, and we pave the way for those who will come after us. One thing remains constant, however: we are here to connect the artists with you, the audience. Cheer for more, and please come back and see us again soon. Floridatheatre.com is our official web site. Bookmark that on your electronic devices, and click on the “Join Our E-Club” button on the home page to get on our mailing list. Or call the box office tomorrow morning at 904-355- ARTS (2787) and ask them what’s coming that you might like. 4 | FLORIDATHEATRE.COM | BOX OFFICE: 904.355.2787 architecture ◆ engineering ◆ construction Inspired. 1,355 architects, engineers, constructors and administrative professionals. 20 offices across the US, Latin America and Asia. $1B annually for local and global clients in commercial, industrial, federal and infrastructure markets. HEADQUARTERED IN JACKSONVILLE, FL SINCE 1965. Creating Things That Matter. www.haskell.com MIKE PRANGLEY KATIE JEFFRIES LEWIS TURNER KEITHA NELSON LINDSEY BOETSCH @fcnmike @katie_jeffries @lewturner @keithareports @fcnlindsey ON YOUR SIDE FIRSTCOASTNEWS.COM WAKE UP TO EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO MAKE IT A GREAT DAY! NEWS.WEATHER.TRAFFIC ...AND A SMILE. WEEKDAYS 4:30-7:00 AM HISTORY OF THE FLORIDA THEATRE When the Florida Theatre originally Live performances have always been a opened to the public on April 8, 1927, it hallmark of the Theatre’s schedule, and one was downtown Jacksonville’s fifteenth, of the most memorable occurred in 1956, and largest, theatre. Today, it is the last when Elvis Presley came to the Florida remaining historic theatre on the north Theatre. Presley, the City of Jacksonville, bank of downtown, listed on the National and the Florida Theatre found themselves Register of Historic Places, and the city’s subjects of a LIFE magazine feature when last remaining example of 1920s fantasy Juvenile Court Judge Marion Gooding sat architecture. through the performance to ensure that Presley’s body movements would not The elaborate interior was designed by R.E. become too suggestive. Hall of New York and Jacksonville architect Roy Benjamin. Their design displays many By the late 1970s, however, the Theatre characteristics of the Mediterranean was only marginally profitable. By May 8, Revival, one of the most prominent 1980, when the building closed, martial arts architectural styles associated with movies were the bulk of the schedule. In Florida’s building boom of the 1920s. The 1981, with financial support from the State architects envisioned a Moorish courtyard of Florida, the City of Jacksonville, and at night, resplendent with glittering stars, the private sector, the Arts Assembly of grand balconies, and fountains. The ornate Jacksonville (now the Cultural Council of proscenium arch that frames the stage Greater Jacksonville) acquired the Theatre reaches nearly six stories high, dominating to preserve it for cultural uses. A $4.1 million the auditorium and contributing to the capital campaign resulted in the building’s venue’s excellent acoustics. An open-air roof restoration and renovation. The 1,900-seat garden in the 1920s provided a venue for Theatre reopened on October 1, 1983, with dancing under the stars, and a nursery was a Gala Variety Show featuring Some Like It available for patrons’ young children. The Cole, a Cole Porter review; the Symphony building’s then-modern features included String Quartet; and Grammy Award winning central heating, central air-conditioning and fiddle player Vassar Clements, who closed a central vacuuming system. the evening with “Orange Blossom Special.” Like many theatres of its day, the Florida On October 1, 1987, the City of Jacksonville Theatre was designed for both stage acquired the building. The Florida Theatre shows and motion pictures and a typical Performing Arts Center, Inc. was founded as program included six elements: a news reel, a nonprofit corporation to manage, program, a comedy short, a cartoon or travelogue, and preserve the building. Thousands of an overture by the band on a moveable performances and millions of audience orchestra pit (still in use today), a live stage members later, the Florida Theatre is still, presentation, and the feature film. Creative “One of the unique assets that makes marketing through the decades included Jacksonville, Jacksonville.” “Screeno,” a bingo game played on the movie screen; “Bank Night,” which gave ticket buyers a chance to win cash prizes; and, in the late 1960s, rocking chairs. Historic Images Courtsey of Wayne Wood Collection 6 | FLORIDATHEATRE.COM | BOX OFFICE: 904.355.2787 Present this ad to your server and enjoy: ONE FREE CRAFT COCKTAIL Audio Visual Logistics Buy one cocktail & get a second one of equal or lesser value. From corporate to concert, making events spectacular. 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