Lost Broadway Theatres - Softcover

Nicholas Van Hoogstraten

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1568981163 ISBN 13: 9781568981161

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press, 1997

Synopsis

Of the 90 theaters built in the Times Square area since 1888, over half have since been lost through demolition or conversion to other uses, while some barely survive in varying stages of decay. The extensive redevelopment of Times Square by Disney has focused attention on the architectural glories of the Great White Way, as the recent and much-anticipated reopening of the New Amsterdam Theater demonstrates. Princeton Architectural Press is pleased to announce a revised and updated edition of Lost Broadway Theatres, as part of the renewed interest in Broadway.?

?Lost Broadway Theatres is the only definitive, comprehensive history of the New York playhouses of the past. Over fifty theaters, dating from the 1880s to the 1930s, are presented through brief histories and period photographs. Some of the theaters included are the Ziegfeld, the Lyric, Hammerstein's, and the Republic. This new edition includes additional photos and updated historical information on this fascinating piece of New York City's past. Emmy award-winner Nick van Hoogstraten has included two new theaters, the Biltmore and the Mark Hellinger, as well as images of newly restored theaters the New Amsterdam and the New Victory.

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Review:

Theaters are more than just buildings, more than giant musical instruments, as some have described them. For regular theatergoers, they're old friends. When a theater disappears, there's a palpable sense of mourning. Updated to 1997, Lost Broadway Theatres recalls, in photos and memories, playhouses from the colossal and opulent American Theatre, now a parking lot, to the cozy Punch and Judy, now the site of an office building. The good news is that several of the houses previously considered doomed but not yet demolished have been restored in the Times Square boom. Lost Broadway Theatres celebrates their return, and pleads on behalf of other hidden beauties whose fate may not yet be sealed.

Review:

Architects, theatre consultants, designers, and Broadway buffs of all degrees of sophistication will find Lost Broadway Theatres to be a genuine treat. Nicholas van Hoogstraten has unearthed a wealth of photographs that show both the interiors and facades of several dozen long-gone Broadway houses. Lost Broadway Theatres shows you what these theatres looked like inside and out.... Theatregoers will get a wonderful idea of what Broadway looked like back in the days when it really was the Great White Way. Michael Sommers, Theatre Crafts

About this edition

• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1568981163
• ISBN 13: 9781568981161
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288