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Miller Theater, originally the Sam S. Shubert Theatre and later, the Merriam Theater, is Philadelphia's most continuous location for touring Broadway shows. It is located at 250 South Broad Street within the Avenue of the Arts cultural district of Center City Philadelphia. The Theatre was built by The Shubert Organization in 1918.
Allan Spivak purchased the theatre in September 1987; [8] renovations were then undertaken to convert the venue from a cinema into an off-Broadway type of venue. The newly-improved theatre's first show was a production of the 1986 Outer Critics Circle Awards-winning (and 2014 Tony Award-winning) musical Lady Day, which opened on October 21, 1987.
The new theatre was built in 1927 at the cost of $2 million, and was designed by architect Herbert J. Krapp; [1] [2] it was named after the 19th century actor Edwin Forrest, who was born in Philadelphia, and owned and lived in the Edwin Forrest House. The opening performance was The Red Robe in 1928. [1]
Critic John Gassner argued at the time, however, that "Broadway is just as eclectic – and just as footless – as 'Off-Broadway'." [7] Theatre Row, on West 42nd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues in Manhattan, is a concentration of off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway theatres. It was developed in the mid-1970s and modernized in 2002.
Cecil Moore was a Philadelphia lawyer that was extremely involved in civil rights, and was a close friend of Georgie Woods, and was also involved in the freedom shows. In 1963, Georgie Woods, Jackie Wilson , and Del Shields won awards at the Uptown Theater from the Philadelphia branch of the NAACP for being entertainers that were actively ...
La MaMa is the only theatre of the 1960s Off-Off-Broadway movement's four core theatres that continues to thrive today. [1] The other three Off-Off-Broadway theatres that composed this core included Joe Cino 's Caffe Cino , Al Carmines ' Judson Poets Theatre , and Ralph Cook's Theatre Genesis . [ 2 ]
The final Midnight Sun produced show at the Tower was 10cc, the British pop quartet, with Rory Gallagher opening, on December 5, 1975. In October 1977, Irish rock band Thin Lizzy recorded their live album Still Dangerous , which was released on March 2, 2009.
The Valley Forge Music Fair was an entertainment venue located in Devon, Pennsylvania, outside of Philadelphia, constructed in theater in the round style with seating for 2,932. [1] Initially established in a tent in 1955, a permanent structure was constructed that closed in 1996.