Book DescriptionRemarkably well researched and immensely entertaining, this definitive history of theater in New York City spans more than three centuries and relates the development of theater to the social, political, economic, and cultural climate of the time Readers learn that it was in 1699 that a petition was first made for a license to обюиц perform plays in Manhattan and that 30 years later the first theater opened in Manhattan From colonial New York, the story continues through the 20th century to the birth, and rebirth, of the theater district in Times Square and the revitalization of 42nd Street in the mid-1990s An A to Z listing of every Broadway theater ever to exist is also included Each listing features a photograph or illustration of the theater, its address, the architect, the opening production, historical information, and, if applicable, when the theater was demolished.  Редактор:2004 г 382 стр ISBN 0823006379.