Complex sentence: The theater was renamed the Lincoln in the 1930s and continued operating as a movie theater through the 1960s and also regularly presented musical artists including local star Nancy Wilson, Count Basie, and Cab Calloway.
Split into simpler sentences: The theater was renamed the Lincoln in the 1930s and continued operating as a movie theater through the 1960s. It also regularly presented musical artists including local star Nancy Wilson, Count Basie, and Cab Calloway.