Cinnamon is a native New Yorker who for the past 50 years has resided in Miami. Strongly identified with legitimate theater, Cinnamon launched his career as Public Relations Director for Miami’s Coconut Grove Playhouse moving directly into a 26-year professional relationship with Broadway producer Zev Buffman where, as National Press Representative, he represented a national theatrical circuit which, in addition to Buffman’s Broadway ventures, counted nine theaters across the country.
It was during those years that Cinnamon also launched his personal involvement with the arts communities of South Florida. Credited with having created Miami’s now internationally famed Coconut Grove Arts Festival and soon after, the Miami Beach Festival of the Arts, he represented a variety of other clients including Judy Drucker’s Concert Association of Florida; the formative years of Miami City Ballet in which he joined founder Toby Lerner Ansin; successfully launched the national campaign which....