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The face of South Florida theater, Charlie Cinnamon, dies at 94

C.W. Griffin
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Miami Herald
Charlie Cinnamon, founder of the Coconut Grove Arts Festival, had framed memories of the early days of the festival on the walls in his former Lincoln Road office. The beloved press agent is seen here on February 11, 2013. Read more here: http://www.miam

 

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Miami Herald's Howard Cohen talks about his unlikely friendship with arts PR agent Charlie Cinnamon.

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Howard paid tribute to Charlie by playing what Charlie told him was his favorite jazz album, Bill Evans' Sunday at the Village Vanguard.

It is impossible to imagine theater without Charlie Cinnamon. Since the 1950s, he has been a major force on the scene — as a press agent, mentor and as a friend.

“Charlie Cinnamon is theater in South Florida,” 2016 special Tony award recipient Miles Wilkin, chief operating officer of Key Brand Entertainment, said in a 2000 Miami Herald story.

“Public Relations is a title. Charlie made it an art-form and NO ONE was better,” said Broadway director Richard Jay-Alexander.

You can read more about this story at our news partner, the Miami Herald

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