Lt. Col. Robert "Jim" Price Musicarnival Audio Archive 1955-1964 1955-1964

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Lt. Col. Robert "Jim" Price Musicarnival Audio Archive 1955-1964 1955-1964

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The Lt. Col. Robert "Jim" Price Musicarnival Audio Archive contains the complete series of extant Musicarnival recordings from 1955-1964 including 84 productions of 62 musicals, operettas, and operas from this onnovative tent theater to be housed in the Special Collections Department. The Literature Department houses the related collection of the John L. Price, Jr. Musicarnival Archive which includes programs, photographs, and administrative files from the production company.Lt. Col. Robert "Jim" Price was John L. Price, Jr.'s younger brother (April 1921 - May 2011). He was a career Air Force pilot. His generous gift funded the digitization, engineering, and documentation of the Musicarnival Audio Archives for the self-produced years in Cleveland and West Palm Beach (1954-1965). The Musicarnival Audio Archives for those years are named for him, linking the two brothers in perpetuity.

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Musicarnival

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Musicarnival, Inc., the Cleveland-based tent theatre company, included operations in Cleveland, Ohio and in West Palm Beach, Florida. The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History indicates that "Musicarnival opened Friday, June 25, 1954 as one of the first tent theaters in the U.S. It produced and staged musicals, operas, and operettas on its circular stage until it closed in August of 1975 due to competition from the Front Row Theater and Blossom Music Center. The theater was located next to Thistledo...

Musicarnival (Warrensville Heights, Ohio)

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