Opponents of the county’s plan to restore and reopen the Coconut Grove Playhouse filed an emergency motion this week to halt the demolition work now underway at the landmark theater on Main Highway. The emergency motion, filed on Sunday by attorney David Winker, asks Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Mavel Ruiz to issue a temporary injunction freezing the project “unless and until” final design plans are approved by the City of Miami’s Historic and Environmental Preservation Board (HEPB) and the Florida Division of Historical Resources completes a review of the project. Opponents made a similar request in April when Winker first went to court to halt the demolition, but there’s been little progress in the case since then. The judge set a calendar for the pending lawsuit earlier this month with a projected trial date in summer 2026. No hearings have been scheduled to date, according to the court docket, and Winker did not respond to a request for comment.
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