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Click below to see Our Plan for the Theater The Celebrity Room Ceiling Mural by Robert Bushnell The mural is 45 feet long by 30 feet wide and is titled " Venetian Festival," although some liked to call it the scene of a Venetian carnival. It was depicted in early Royal Poinciana Playhouse programs, including those of 1963 and 1967. It took artist Robert Bushnell two years to complete. Images were painted with oils onto four panels and then installed by artisans form New York. It was unveiled in 1957. It contained portraits of 125 international stars of stage and screen, a few internationally famous people, and local Palm Beach luminaries such as John and Jane Volk, Frank Hale, Paul Crabtree and Lilly Pulitzer. Some claim that President Kennedy was a later addition. Mural portraits included Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Helen Hayes, Mary Martin, Fred Astaire, Tallulah Bankhead, Katharine Cornell, and Yul Brynner. 
Regency Redesign of the the Lakeside Facade of the Royal Poinciana Playhouse By the University of Miami School of Architecture in conjunction with the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach. The entire UM - Preservation Foundation Studio Plan for the Poinciana Area may be found at: http://cache.trustedpartner.com/docs/library/000272/uploaded/Preservation%20Studio%20Report_June12_V2.pdf Palm Beach Theater Guild, Inc. www.PBTheaterGuild.org ● 561-651-1015 for more info, e-mail us at: info@PBTheaterGuild.org
See the article in Quest Magazine Palm Beach Theater Guild in Quest Magazine (Printable PDF) Quest Magazine on PBTG (January 2008, Page 152)
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