El Círculo Cubano - Audio/Visual
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Publication Date
3-25-2010
Abstract
This station presents a narrated account focused on the theater of El Círculo Cubano de Tampa, describing its role as a venue for plays, musical performances, lectures, bufos, and zarzuelas during Ybor City's early 20th-century cultural life. The narration by E.J. Salcines documents performances by traveling theatrical groups from Spain, Mexico, and Cuba and notes that the theater operated as the only Spanish-language theater project funded by the Works Progress Administration during the 1930s. This video also traces postwar decline and a major restoration effort initiated in 2008 to repair structural damage and update the stage, lighting, and sound.
Keywords
Theaters--Florida--Tampa--History, Performing arts, Zarzulea--history, Spanish-language theater--Florida--Tampa, Works Progress Administration (U.S.), Cuban Americans--Florida--Tampa, Mutual aid societies--Florida--Tampa--History--Historic buildings--Florida--Tampa
Extent
00:05:51; 3 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Ybor City (Fla.), Tampa (Fla.)
Language
English
Type
Video
Format
Digital only
Identifier
cuban_club_av-1006
Recommended Citation
Salcines, E. J., "Station 06: Theater" (2010). El Círculo Cubano - Audio/Visual. 7.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cuban_club_av/7
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