Plaza Theatre (Palm Springs, California)

The historic Plaza Theatre, 1951

The Plaza Theatre is a historic theater located at 128 South Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs, California. It is an anchor of La Plaza (a.k.a. Palm Springs Plaza), a streetside collection of shops, one of the first planned shopping centers in Southern California, opened in 1936. From 1990 through 2014[1] the theatre housed The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies which was featured on ABC's 20/20, The Today Show, the New York Times, NPR[2] and other media since its founding.[3] There is currently a fundraising campaign to raise money to restore the historic building to its former glory and make it a theater that meets theatrical needs for today and tomorrow.[4]

  1. ^ http://archive.desertsun.com/article/20131214/NEWS01/312140034/After-Follies-Palm-Springs-mulls-options-historic-Plaza-Theatre [dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Dancers Find a Second Act at Palm Springs Follies". NPR.org.
  3. ^ "Downtown Palm Springs". www.palmsprings-ca.gov. Archived from the original on 20 December 2008. Retrieved 3 November 2008.[dead link‍]
  4. ^ Rode, Erin. "Plaza Theatre Foundation Chair: Restoration work could be finished by end of next year". The Desert Sun. Retrieved 12 May 2022.