The Birth of Broadway: Origins of NYC Theatre
Tag:
Theatre History
What:
Lecture
When:
10:00 AM, Saturday 9 Jul 2022
(1 hour)
Where:
New Yorker Hotel
- Sutton Place Suite
The origin story of most theatre lovers begins with a Broadway show, but few fans know how the Great White Way was born. Join NYC theatre-maker Ralph Lewis for an illustrated talk and virtual tour of this cultural treasure's creation, told with diabolical anecdotes and over 100 images of NYC’s earliest theaters – the important sites, the managers, the playwrights, and the actors who made history on its stages. This down-n-dirty story of American theatre’s birth is both entertaining and enlightening and offers a deeper value to every thespian story.