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Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Auditorium Theatre Grand Reopening Oct. 31, 1967
Author: Auditorium Theatre Grand Reopening, October 31, 1967
Author: Chicago Chapter Gala Auditorium Theater Program
Author: American Institute of Architects. Chicago ChapterPublisher:
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Downtown Chicago's Historic Movie Theatres
Author: Konrad SchieckePublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786488654
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
The story of downtown Chicago--its early development, later struggles, and current restoration--is mirrored in the history of the theatres that occupied its streets. This vivid chronicle tells the tale of the Windy City's theatres, from mid-nineteenth century vaudeville houses to the urban decline and renewal of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Discussed are the rebuilding efforts after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the first nickel theaters showing "moving pictures," the ornate silent movie palaces, the move to "talkies," the challenges of the Great Depression and the introduction of television, and urban decline. Today, Chicago has preserved some of its most historic movie palaces, landmarks of cultural vibrancy in its reawakened downtown. With nearly 200 photographs from the Theatre Historical Society of America, this work brings to life all of the theatres that have enlivened Chicago's entertainment district, reflecting the transformation of downtown Chicago itself.
The Prairie School Review
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Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Catalog of Copyright Entries
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher:
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Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 798
Book Description
A History of the Chicago Auditorium
Author: Wilbur Thurman DensonPublisher:
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Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Circle in the Square Theatre
Author: Sheila Hickey GarveyPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476670587
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
Based on years of research as well as interviews conducted with Circle in the Square's major contributing artists, this book records the entire history of this distinguished theatre from its nightclub origins to its current status as a Tony Award-winning Broadway institution. Over the course of seven decades, Circle in the Square theatre profoundly changed ideas of what American theatre could be. Founded by Theodore Mann and Jose Quintero in an abandoned Off-Broadway nightclub just after WWII, it was a catalyst for the Off-Broadway movement. The building had a unique arena-shaped performance space that became Circle in the Square theatre, New York's first Off-Broadway arena stage and currently Broadway's only arena stage. The theatre was precedent-setting in many other regards, including operating as a non-profit, contracting with trade unions, establishing a school, and serving as a home for blacklisted artists. It sparked a resurgence of interest in playwright Eugene O'Neill's canon, and was famous for landmark revivals and American premieres of his plays. The theatre also fostered the careers of such luminaries as Geraldine Page, Colleen Dewhurst, George C. Scott, Jason Robards, James Earl Jones, Cecily Tyson, Dustin Hoffman, Irene Papas, Alan Arkin, Philip Bosco, Al Pacino, Amy Irving, Pamela Payton-Wright, Vanessa Redgrave, Julie Christie, John Malkovich, Lynn Redgrave, and Annette Bening.
National Union Catalog
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Coming Back to a Theater Near You
Author: Brian HannanPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476623899
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
In the Silent Era, film reissues were a battle between rival studios--every Mary Pickford new release in 1914 was met with a Pickford re-release. For 50 years after the Silent Era, reissues were a battle between the studios, who considered old movies "found money," and cinema owners, who often saw audiences reject former box office hits. In the mid-1960s, the return of The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)--the second biggest reissue of all time--altered industry perceptions, and James Bond double features pushed the revival market to new heights. In the digital age, reissues have continued to confound the critics. This is the untold hundred-year story of how old movies saved new Hollywood. Covering the booms and busts of a recycling business that became its own industry, the author describes how the likes of Charlie Chaplin, Humphrey Bogart and Alfred Hitchcock won over new generations of audiences, and explores the lasting appeal of films like Napoleon (1927), Gone with the Wind (1939), The Rocky Horror Show (1975) and Blade Runner (1982).