The theater, originally built in 1926 as a movie theater for the
Yauco Moving Picture Company, is a two-storey Broadway-type eclectic-style structure with monumental
Tuscan columns with Roman amphora crowns that support the rainbow arch and roof which extends over the structure's façade. Although originally intended as a movie theater the venue soon became more popular in the 1920s and 1930s for
zarzuelas,
operettas and concerts by international musical artists such as by Argentine singer and composer
Carlos Gardel. The venue also became popular for political assemblies by figures such as
Antonio Rafael Barceló and
Luis Muñoz Rivera, and for
poetry readings by figures such as
Francisco Villaespesa,
Luis Lloréns Torres,
Evaristo Ribera Chevremont and
José Gordils. The theater was eventually closed and partially fell into disrepair until it opened after undergoing renovations between 2000 and 2012. The theater today hosts plays in addition to local events. == See also ==