Cuban music ensemble, Charanga Danzon performed live at the Admiral Theater prior to the showing of the first film ever shown at the theater in 1942, Weekend in Havana.
When the Admiral Theater opened in 1942 they chose a film called Weekend in Havana. Sunday April 25th they celebrated that opening night by showing the film again but went one better.
They had a local cuban music ensemble called Charanga Danzon play a live show before the film. People enjoyed cocktails up in the balcony and then watched the concert. The Admiral Theater's Dinah Brein explained how she came up with the idea.
"We happened to be standing over by the cash register and I happened to look over and saw our film that we showed, the first film that we ever showed when the theater opened up again in 1942 was Weekend in Havana, with Cesar Romero, and Alice Fay and Carmen Miranda complete with her fruit basket on her head, and I thought, 'How fabulous' so that's what we did."
