Te Capitol Teatre in downtown Clearwater now offers a high caliber perormance venue close to its award-winning beaches. Following a meticulous $7.6 million dollar transormation, it reopened in December 2013 to rousing approval by locals and visitors.
Te Capitol Teatre has a colorul history. Since its opening in 1921 as a vaudeville theater, this popular perormance hall has been the venue or thousands o concerts and plays. By 2008, the Spanish Mediterranean revival structure was in desperate need o a acelif. Backers o
the well-known area theatre Ruth Eckerd Hall convinced Clearwater city officials to partner with them and invest millions to transorm it back to a majestic theater and perorming center. Te plan necessitated the acquisition o the adjacent 5,600-square-oot Evening Sun building or expansion areas, allowing or a larger, more opulent lobby and 125-oot balcony on the second floor. Te addition o six loge boxes, a state-o-the-art thrust stage and richly adorned interior decor complements the excellent natural acoustics and well-planned sight vision.
During renovation, a bit o history was unearthed when a Wall o Honor was ound beneath layers o plaster listing all the names o Clearwater servicemen who served in World War I. It has been painstakingly preserved and on display as part o the Capitol Teatre’s colorul past.
A stellar lineup o entertainment eatures an impressive variety o concerts, Broadway and off-Broadway plays, dance and children’
CLEARWATER’S HISTORIC CAPITOL THEATRE TALENT, HISTORY, GLAMOUR THRIVES IN RENOVATED VENUE
By Nancy Foster
With popular performers such as Jay Leno scheduled in February, it’s a sure bet that the newly-refurbished historic Capitol Theatre will be high on anyone’s must do list when visiting Clearwater, Fla. 
The all new interior of the historic Capitol Theatre