The Polk Theatre in Lakeland continues to be closed for repair work following an underground pipe rupture.
The management first announced on July 9 that the theater was suspending planned screenings, saying that a broken pipe under the orchestra seats center section had caused flooding in the basement.
An update posted Thursday on the theater’s Facebook page said, “We have located the leak and its deep beneath the theater floor, so we’ll have to drill a bit, and dig a bit, but we’ll get there.”
The announcement did not give a date for reopening, and the staff could not be reached Thursday.
The notice said that these films will be rescheduled: “Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter Is Dead”; “To Have and Have Not”; “Salvador Dali: In Search of Immortality”; “San Andreas”; “Driving Miss Daisy”; “My Fair Lady”; and “The Suicide Squad.”
The Polk Theatre opened in the late 1920s and is one of few atmospheric theaters still in operation as a movie venue in Florida. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.