Dillinger would escape from the jail in March and would be on the lam until July, when FBI agents would gun him down outside a Chicago movie theatre. (NY Daily News) …and a last word from White, about an important change at Radio City: * * * Voice In The Wilderness A combination...
Sergei Tretyakov’s avant-garde play Roar China made an impression on The New Yorker for the striking realism of its set, which featured an 18,000-gallon tank of water onstage at the Martin Beck Theatre. “The Talk of the Town” described some of the demands of the production: STAYING ...
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their reputation and tradition than on a particular play.E.B. White,in the “Talk of the Town” noted the imminent passing of one such house, the Knickerbocker Theatre, slated for demolition in 1930. The 33-year-old theater was Broadway’s first to display a moving electric sign (1906)....
Oct. 13, 1934 cover byRea Irvin. Klemperer also guest conducted a number of orchestras in the U.S., including the New York Philharmonic, where his larger than life presence caught the attention of “The Talk of the Town.” Excerpts: ...
their reputation and tradition than on a particular play.E.B. White,in the “Talk of the Town” noted the imminent passing of one such house, the Knickerbocker Theatre, slated for demolition in 1930. The 33-year-old theater was Broadway’s first to display a moving electric sign (1906)....
making it the fourth-tallest building in New York when it was completed in 1931. At right, the 22-year-old Century Theatre on Central Park West was demolished to make way forIrwin Chanin’sCentury Apartments, also completed in 1931. (Museum of the City of New York/nyc-architecture.com) ...
CENTER STAGE…Left to right:Maurice Browne(Iago),Paul Robeson(Othello) andPeggy Ashcroft(Desdemona) inOthelloat the Savoy Theatre, 1930. Maurice Browne was also the play’s producer; his over-the-top portrayal of Iago and his wife’s incompetent stage direction hurt the production, but Robeson...
We continue our forays into the built environment of 1930 New York by looking at what was lost, including two beloved Broadway theaters. “The Talk of the Town” lamented the decline of the Garrick… FINAL CURTAIN…Built in 1890 and originally named Harrigan’s Theatre, The Garrick closed ...