The Story of 42nd Street
The Theatres, Shows, Characters, and Scandals of the World's Most Notorious Street
New York : Back Stage Books, 2008.
Format: Book
Description: 240 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 27 cm
A theater historian traces the rise and fall of the New York City street that symbolizes the Broadway experience and captures the characters, shows, scandals, and stories of this uniquely American dreamscape.
Contents:
The American, 1893 -- Hammerstein's Victoria, 1899 -- The Theatre Republic, 1900 -- The Lyric, 1903 -- The New Amsterdam, 1903 -- The Liberty, 1904 -- The Lew Fields, 1904 -- The Eltinge, 1912 -- The Candler, 1914 -- The Selwyn, 1918 -- The Times Square,1920 -- The Apollo 1920.
Subjects:
Theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Theaters -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Forty-second Street (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century.
Theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Theaters -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Forty-second Street (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
0823030725
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
PERFORMING ARTS Hen | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-233) and index.