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Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a play written by the American playwright Robert E. Sherwood in 1938, based principally on the 1926 biography Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years by Carl Sandburg. The play, in three acts, covers the life of President Abraham Lincoln from his childhood through his final speech in Illinois before he left for Washington.
The program follows the plot of Robert E. Sherwood's 1938 play, Abe Lincoln in Illinois.It covers the life of Abraham Lincoln before moving to Washington, D.C. It covers his life in New Salem in the 1830s, in Springfield in the 1840s, his courtship of Mary Todd Lincoln, and the Lincoln–Douglas debates.
The opening night in the city's first 4,000-seat motion picture theatre reportedly was a mob scene, with some people who had no intention of going to the theatre swept in off the streets by the crushing crowds. [86] The Chicago Health Commissioner declared that the air-conditioned air in The Tivoli "was better than that on Pike's Peak". [18]
Chippendales felt Nashville provided "an ideal demographic — bachelorette parties visiting downtown Nashville." But the deal fell through. Nashville's Woolworth Theatre almost hosted ...
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The previous evening, a man who wanted to be a hero for a lost cause had cowardly and callously shot President Lincoln in the back of the head at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., at 10 p.m.
Morbid Angel were set to perform at the Apollo Theatre in Belvedere, Ill., on Friday but canceled the show 'due to a Tornado that hit the venue.' Morbid Angel shares fundraiser for 'brother in ...
The Chitlin' Circuit was a collection of performance venues found throughout the eastern, southern, and upper Midwest areas of the United States. They provided commercial and cultural acceptance for African-American musicians, comedians, and other entertainers following the era of venues run by the "white-owned-and-operated Theatre Owners Booking Association (TOBA)...formed in 1921."