Before and after a show, the Celebrity Room was the place to be
Beautiful Beach

Before and after a show, the Celebrity Room was the place to be

M.M. Cloutier

During the 1960s heyday of the Royal Poinciana Playhouse — which now is beneath redevelopment just after getting shut considering the fact that 2004 — audience associates were being known to arrive late to a clearly show or depart in advance of the curtain arrived down.

Looks someplace else constantly beckoned.

That location? The Movie star Place, wherever the loaded, famed and gorgeous dined and danced further than a gilt-framed signal that browse: “Through these portals go the most glamorous …”

With sights of Lake Value, the waterfront Superstar Home restaurant and nightclub — an adjunct of the playhouse — was a whirl of Palm Beach social everyday living for a dozen-as well as yrs until finally it was renamed below new ownership in 1973.