Cameo Theatre, Art Deco movie theater on Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, United States
The Cameo Theatre is a movie theater on Washington Avenue in Miami Beach, built in the Art Deco style with a distinctive pink and green exterior. The interior features a large single-screen auditorium that reflects the design sensibility of late 1930s Florida architecture.
The theater opened on November 4, 1938, designed by architect Robert E. Collins as part of the growing entertainment strip along Washington Avenue. In the decades that followed, it moved away from cinema and became a concert and event venue.
The building sits on Washington Avenue in the heart of South Beach, where it draws visitors who come for live music, comedy, and private events rather than films. The pink and green facade makes it easy to spot among the other storefronts on the street.
The theater is on Washington Avenue in South Beach and is easy to reach on foot from most hotels in the area. It is worth checking in advance what kind of event is scheduled, since the program changes regularly and the space is not always open to walk-in visitors.
In the 1980s, the venue became one of the few places in Miami Beach where punk and hardcore bands like Black Flag and the Ramones played, which was unusual for a neighborhood known for its pastel-colored hotels. This chapter of its past is rarely mentioned but makes it a rare witness to the city's underground music history.
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