At This Theatre: 100 Years of Broadway Shows, Stories, and Stars
This is the ultimate backstage tour of Broadway! AT THIS THEATRE tells the complete history of Broadway in the 20th century, theatre by theatre. This gorgeous book is now updated, revised and with a larger format, covering 1900 to 2001. PLAYBILL's columnist, Louis Botto, along with Robert Viagas, opens the doors and lets readers explore the 40 active Broadway theatres in New York. From the conception and design of the buildings, to their original creators, and on to the theatres'...
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New edition of a history in which Botto (senior editor of Playbill adds coverage of the 18 years since the original 1984 publication, six new chapters covering the Broadway theaters that have been recently renovated, and 100-plus photographs and covers that appeared on Playbill, the magazine program for America's legitimate theaters. He provides facts and stories about each theater's history and heritage, ownerships, producers and directors, playwrights, lyricists and composers, actors, transitions and renewals, and other topics that will interest fans. Heavily illustrated with about 400 b&w and color production photographs and images. Oversize: 9x11.25". Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR
Publisher's WordvPrefaceviiForewordixIntroductionxiiiFord Center1New Amsterdam Theatre7Lyceum Theatre19Belasco Theatre27Lunt-Fontanne Theatre35Cadillac Winter Garden Theatre43Helen Hayes Theatre51Cort Theatre57Palace Theatre65Longacre Theatre73Shubert Theatre79Booth Theatre89Broadhurst Theatre99Plymouth Theatre109American Airlines Theatre119Ambassador Theatre125Walter Kerr Theatre131Nederlander Theatre137Music Box Theatre147Imperial Theatre157Martin Beck Theatre167Richard Rodgers Theatre179Broadway Theatre189Virginia Theatre195Eugene O'Neill Theatre205Biltmore Theatre213Brooks Atkinson Theatre221Royale Theatre231John Golden Theatre241Majestic Theatre249St. James Theatre257Neil Simon Theatre267Ethel Barrymore Theatre279Mark Hellinger Theatre291City Center Theatre299Vivian Beaumont Theatre305Circle in the Square Theatre315Gershwin Theatre321Minskoff Theatre329Marquis Theatre335Index339
