Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center

Only a handful of historic theaters remain in Florida. The Milane Amusement Company developed the building, which originally was known as the Milane Theater. Incorporated in 1922, the Company derived its name by combining parts of the names of its president, Frank L. Miller, and Vice-president, Edward F. Lane. When completed in July 1923, Sanford's Milane Theater seated 823 patrons, contained a four-story fly, and included a proscenium arch and orchestra pit. Live dramas and movies were well- attended. The editors of the Sanford Daily Herald proclaimed the building as "a much needed asset in the City Substantial", and boasted that "this city now has a real theater and one of which the City can well feel proud". The owners of the competing Imperial Opera House and Princess Theater were, undoubtedly, less generous in their praise.