Historic Movie Theaters of Downtown Cleveland - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Historic Movie Theaters of Downtown Cleveland write by Alan F. Dutka. This book was released on 2016-07-04. Historic Movie Theaters of Downtown Cleveland available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The first movie theaters in Cleveland consisted of converted storefronts with sawed-off telephone poles substituting for chairs and bedsheets acting as screens. In 1905, Clevelanders marveled at moving images at Rafferty's Monkey House while dodging real monkeys and raccoons that wandered freely through the bar. By the early 1920s, a collection of marvelous movie palaces like the Stillman Theater lined Euclid Avenue, but they survived for just two generations. Clevelanders united to save the State, Ohio and Allen Theaters, among others, as wrecking balls converged for demolition. Those that remain compose one of the nation's largest performing arts centers. Alan F. Dutka shares the remarkable histories of Cleveland's downtown movie theaters and their reemergence as community landmarks.
History of Cleveland's Playhouse Square
History of Cleveland's Playhouse Square - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook History of Cleveland's Playhouse Square write by Michael R Routa. This book was released on 2021-08-16. History of Cleveland's Playhouse Square available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Cleveland was one of the largest cities in America when Playhouse Square opened as a testament to the city's splendor. In 1921, Loew's State, Loew's Ohio, the Hanna Theatre and the Allen opened their doors, and Keith's Palace Theater, then the world's finest theater, greeted patrons in 1922. For fifty years, these theaters prospered before falling on hard times. Three even faced demolition. But through visionary planning, hard work and civic pride, these magnificent show palaces survived and thrive today, and Playhouse Square Center is once again the largest theater center outside of New York's Lincoln Center. Playhouse Square volunteer Redcoat and tour guide Michael R. Routa celebrates the people who made and saved theater in Cleveland.
Showtime in Cleveland
Showtime in Cleveland - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Showtime in Cleveland write by John Vacha. This book was released on 2001. Showtime in Cleveland available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This work takes the reader from the city's first professional theatrical presentation in 1820, through the heyday of vaudeville, to the grand reopening of the newly renovated Allen Theatre in 1999 and the return of touring Broadway shows to Cleveland. In 1820 Cleveland was able to draw a visit from a troupe of professional actors. With no theater in which to perform, the troupe made do with Mowrey's Tavern on Public Square, where a standing-room-only audience saw The Purse; or the Benevolent Tar. It was five years before another professional company would visit. As the city grew, theater blossomed and vaudeville flourished. In the early 1920s, five magnificent theaters opened at Playhouse Square - the State and the Palace, for mixed programs of vaudeville and movies; the Hanna Theater and Ohio, for legitimate Broadway-style theater, and the Allen, for movies. Cleveland was also in the vanguard of the little theater movement with the establishment of the Cleveland Play House and the interracial Karamu Theatre. After a period of decline in the 1960s and 1970s, live theater was reborn in Playhouse Square, which is now the second-largest performing arts complex in the country, and a
Lost Restaurants of Downtown Cleveland
Lost Restaurants of Downtown Cleveland - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lost Restaurants of Downtown Cleveland write by Bette Lou Higgins. This book was released on 2021-09-27. Lost Restaurants of Downtown Cleveland available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "From humble and hungry beginnings, the city of Cleveland grew over centuries until it boasted a dizzying array of gustatory choices. City dwellers and travelers alike flocked to the eateries at Public Square and Terminal Tower, including the Fred Harvey restaurants with their famous Harvey Girls. A single block-long street, Short Vincent featured the Theatrical Grille, the longest-running jazz joint in the area. The walls of Otto Moser's were a veritable Hollywood roll call, and the New York Spaghetti House offered a complete dining and aesthetic experience. Fill your cup with the libation of your choice, grab a snack and join author Bette Lou Higgins on a historical tour of the restaurants that kept Clevelanders fed."--Publisher's description.
Historic Theaters of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley
Historic Theaters of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Historic Theaters of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley write by Sean T. Posey. This book was released on 2017. Historic Theaters of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Historic Theaters of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley traces the evolution of modern cinema through the rich local history of the Mahoning Valley. From the days of the gaslit opera houses through the era of the drive-in, the Mahoning Valley's theatrical culture has thrived. The finest theaters in northeastern Ohio rose with the manufacturing might of the Steel Valley. The Warner brothers, who started their careers in Youngstown, opened their first theater in New Castle, Pennsylvania, and celebrities from Katharine Hepburn to Red Skelton graced local stages. The finest vaudevillians and the lovely ladies of burlesque were always a ticket away. Take a trip back to the Park Burlesque and the opulent Palace Theater and revisit the theater culture of Warren and Trumbull County. Author Sean T. Posey traces the evolution of modern cinema through the rich local history of the Mahoning Valley.
