Programs collection III : Miscellaneous theaters, [ca. 1865]-[ongoing].

Tremont Theatre (Boston, Mass.)

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The Tremont Theatre (1827–1843) on 88 Tremont Street was a playhouse in Boston, Masschusetts. The Tremont never turned a profit during its 16-year running, despite the owners bringing in theatrical figures such as Junius Brutus Booth, Charlotte Cushman, George Washington Dixon, Fanny Elssler, Edwin Forrest, John Gilbert, Charles and Fanny Kemble, and Thomas D. Rice. Around the year 1829, Tom Comer served as musical director. In 1841 leading British actors John and Charlotte Vandenhoff appeared ...

Shaw Festival (Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.)

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The Shaw Festival is a major not-for-profit theatre festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. It is the second largest repertory theatre company in North America. Founded in 1962, its original mandate was to stimulate interest in George Bernard Shaw and his period, and to advance the development of theatre arts in Canada. The Festival's roots can be traced to 1962 when Ontario lawyer and playwright Brian Doherty, supported by Buffalo businessman Calvin Rand, staged a summertime "Salut...

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.)

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Free to Dance: The African-American Presence in Modern Dance was a three-part television documentary co-produced by the American Dance Festival and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in association with Thirteen/WNET New York. The series aired on PBS' Great Performances: Dance in America in 2001 and won an Emmy for Outstanding Cultural and Artistic Programming-Long Form. It chronicled the role of African-American choreographers and dancers in the development of moder...

Cape Playhouse (Dennis, Mass.)

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Mark Taper Forum (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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The Mark Taper Forum opened in Los Angeles in 1967 and is known for its development of new plays and voices for the theatre. Located at the Performing Arts Center (formerly The Music Center) in downtown Los Angeles, the Taper has received virtually every theatrical award including the 1977 special Tony for theatrical excellence. It is one of America's top regional theatres, and a number of the plays presented on and off-Broadway and across the country began at the Taper. From the des...

Wharf Theatre (Provincetown, Mass.)

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Pasadena Playhouse

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Stratford Festival (Ont.)

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Canadian theater festival specializing in productions of Shakespeare. From the description of Souvenir collection of costume designs, 1959-1969. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122576278 From the guide to the Souvenir collection of costume designs, 1959-1969, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.) ...