Showtime In Cleveland
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Showtime In Cleveland
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Author : John Vacha
language : en
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Release Date : 2001
Showtime In Cleveland written by John Vacha and has been published by Kent State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Performing Arts categories.
This work takes the reader from the city's first professional theatrical presentation in 1820, through the heyday of vaudeville, to the grand reopening of the newly renovated Allen Theatre in 1999 and the return of touring Broadway shows to Cleveland. In 1820 Cleveland was able to draw a visit from a troupe of professional actors. With no theater in which to perform, the troupe made do with Mowrey's Tavern on Public Square, where a standing-room-only audience saw The Purse; or the Benevolent Tar. It was five years before another professional company would visit. As the city grew, theater blossomed and vaudeville flourished. In the early 1920s, five magnificent theaters opened at Playhouse Square - the State and the Palace, for mixed programs of vaudeville and movies; the Hanna Theater and Ohio, for legitimate Broadway-style theater, and the Allen, for movies. Cleveland was also in the vanguard of the little theater movement with the establishment of the Cleveland Play House and the interracial Karamu Theatre. After a period of decline in the 1960s and 1970s, live theater was reborn in Playhouse Square, which is now the second-largest performing arts complex in the country, and a
Black Theater City Life
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Author : Macelle Mahala
language : en
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Release Date : 2022-08-15
Black Theater City Life written by Macelle Mahala and has been published by Northwestern University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-15 with Performing Arts categories.
Macelle Mahala’s rich study of contemporary African American theater institutions reveals how they reflect and shape the histories and cultural realities of their cities. Arguing that the community in which a play is staged is as important to the work’s meaning as the script or set, Mahala focuses on four cities’ “arts ecologies” to shed new light on the unique relationship between performance and place: Cleveland, home to the oldest continuously operating Black theater in the country; Pittsburgh, birthplace of the legendary playwright August Wilson; San Francisco, a metropolis currently experiencing displacement of its Black population; and Atlanta, a city with forty years of progressive Black leadership and reverse migration. Black Theater, City Life looks at Karamu House Theatre, the August Wilson African American Cultural Center, Pittsburgh Playwrights’ Theatre Company, the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, the African American Shakespeare Company, the Atlanta Black Theatre Festival, and Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company to demonstrate how each organization articulates the cultural specificities, sociopolitical realities, and histories of African Americans. These companies have faced challenges that mirror the larger racial and economic disparities in arts funding and social practice in America, while their achievements exemplify such institutions’ vital role in enacting an artistic practice that reflects the cultural backgrounds of their local communities. Timely, significant, and deeply researched, this book spotlights the artistic and civic import of Black theaters in American cities.
America S First Regional Theatre
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Author : J. Ullom
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-05-14
America S First Regional Theatre written by J. Ullom and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-14 with Performing Arts categories.
The Cleveland Play House has mirrored the achievements and struggles of both the city of Cleveland and the American theatre over the past one hundred years. This book challenges the established history (often put forward by the theatre itself) and long-held assumptions concerning the creation of the institution and its legacy.
Historic Movie Theaters Of Downtown Cleveland
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Author : Alan F. Dutka
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2016-07-04
Historic Movie Theaters Of Downtown Cleveland written by Alan F. Dutka and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-04 with History categories.
The first movie theaters in Cleveland consisted of converted storefronts with sawed-off telephone poles substituting for chairs and bedsheets acting as screens. In 1905, Clevelanders marveled at moving images at Rafferty's Monkey House while dodging real monkeys and raccoons that wandered freely through the bar. By the early 1920s, a collection of marvelous movie palaces like the Stillman Theater lined Euclid Avenue, but they survived for just two generations. Clevelanders united to save the State, Ohio and Allen Theaters, among others, as wrecking balls converged for demolition. Those that remain compose one of the nation's largest performing arts centers. Alan F. Dutka shares the remarkable histories of Cleveland's downtown movie theaters and their reemergence as community landmarks.
Theatre History Studies 2020 Vol 39
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Author : Lisa Jackson-Schebetta
language : en
Publisher: University Alabama Press
Release Date : 2020-12-15
Theatre History Studies 2020 Vol 39 written by Lisa Jackson-Schebetta and has been published by University Alabama Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-15 with Performing Arts categories.
Performing The Progressive Era
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Author : Max Shulman
language : en
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Release Date : 2019-05-15
Performing The Progressive Era written by Max Shulman and has been published by University of Iowa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-15 with Performing Arts categories.
The American Progressive Era, which spanned from the 1880s to the 1920s, is generally regarded as a dynamic period of political reform and social activism. In Performing the Progressive Era, editors Max Shulman and Chris Westgate bring together top scholars in nineteenth- and twentieth-century theatre studies to examine the burst of diverse performance venues and styles of the time, revealing how they shaped national narratives surrounding immigration and urban life. Contributors analyze performances in urban centers (New York, Chicago, Cleveland) in comedy shows, melodramas, Broadway shows, operas, and others. They pay special attention to performances by and for those outside mainstream society: immigrants, the working-class, and bohemians, to name a few. Showcasing both lesser-known and famous productions, the essayists argue that the explosion of performance helped bring the Progressive Era into being, and defined its legacy in terms of gender, ethnicity, immigration, and even medical ethics.
Cable Television
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Cable Television written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Cable television categories.
Merchant Vessels Of The United States
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Merchant Vessels Of The United States written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Merchant marine categories.
The Music Went Round And Around
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Author : John Vacha
language : en
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Release Date : 2004
The Music Went Round And Around written by John Vacha and has been published by Kent State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
Spotting a trend in the early 1950s of staging summer theater in the round under tents, Clevelander John L. Price Jr. decided to give it a try. Consulting a local statistician to determine the geographical center of the culturally inclined population, the bull's-eye fell in Warrensville Heights, a Cleveland suburb that was also the home to Thistledown Race Track. Price opened his Musicarnival there, on the grounds of the race track, with a production of Oklahoma! in the summer of 1954. The Music Went 'Round and Around tells the story of this unique summer theater and of its ebullient founder, John L. Price Jr. Price's venture was one of the last commercial legitimate theaters established in Cleveland. In its heyday the Musicar-nival had a capacity of 2500 and presented an average of eight to ten shows each summer. The backbone of the repertoire consisted of such musical classics as Carousel; Kiss Me, Kate; Wonderful Town; Fanny; Paint Your Wagon; and The Unsinkable Molly Brown. The summer schedule also featured popular solo acts, such as Louis Armstrong, Henny Youngman, Tom Jones, and even burlesque. Occasionally Price tried to sneak in an opera, letting the popular shows support these operatic flings. For the first eleven seasons Price principally used a resident stock company, occasionally bringing in a visiting star, if available and right for the role. Toward the end of the 1960s, however, Price was forced to adopt the star system to keep his tent filled. Dropping the stock company, he brought in packaged productions generally headlined by popular singing or television stars. Both offerings had strong followings, and Musicarnival kept the torch of musical theater burning brightly in Cleveland until 1975, when declining attendance finally forced its closing. The Music Went 'Round and Around is the first book in the Cleveland Showtime Series.
From Broadway To Cleveland
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Author : John Vacha
language : en
Publisher: Cleveland Theater
Release Date : 2007
From Broadway To Cleveland written by John Vacha and has been published by Cleveland Theater this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Performing Arts categories.
This is a noteworthy history of Cleveland's showcase for touring shows. Hanna, the Hanna Theatre opened its doors on March 28, 1921, with an adaptation of Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper starring William Faversham. Billed as a Broadway-style theater, the Hanna was located not on Euclid Avenue but around the corner on the side street of East 14th. Its interior decor was opulent, finished in what was described as a combination of Italian Renaissance and Pompeian style, and the stage was described as large enough... to present the best plays offered; but intimate enough to present the quietest comedy or drama to the best advantage. point that could only be trumped by We saw it in New York. During its first two decades, the Hanna hosted such touring Broadway shows as The Student Prince and the Marx Brothers in Animal Crackers.