The theater was designed in the 1860s by Juan Bertoli Calderoni ( a Ponceño of Italian heritage resident of the city ) and it bears a neoclassical structure with an impressive six-column entrance . The building was badly damaged by the 1918 earthquake . However , it was rebuilt in 1940 using the original plans and reopened in 1941 with better acoustics technology . It closed in 2006 for renovations and reopened on March 14 , 2008
1918 earthquake
1918 San Fermín earthquake
Teatro La Perla