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street. After him hdolnh NeuendorfI called
the place the Germanin Thentre. and then An

tonic Pastor took II. and still has i. -, -,
most famous no s"G in the history o, the American
stage and managed by the leading actor on
GRt stog Snd Th'g!rS i Tnd
Sny ioErtesn m years sa" eid but famous theatre
Lawrence Barrett were in tho company there
and played special playe on SATURDAY nl9hts.
acted acted nnd 9gT aHd
j. was the finest md best arranged theatre IN
the country Will It stood.
house in Twenty-third street, Just west q
SStn nveS 1 The place BECAME koGG ho
WIerc, music Of a high class was 70, be heard;
Wilhelmj and Rcmenyi were heard there RE lrstI
On Sent. /. 1871. the Union Squinre Theatre
IRE q its age in re city that has kept is oy!gi
Twenty eighth street was opened on Oct; %.
1872. mud closed on March 30. 1873. On Dec,
Mr. Ra made h. his o th # IN the
name he gave 1t still clngs TO It,
In 1873 only the Eagle Theatre was opened
In the city II was ut Broadway or rather sixth
avenue and Thirty-thirh street Josh llartron
At first and had an ENORMOUS GIT s eagle on r
was given to the house, and after, twenty years
Of that name It was called the Manhattan the
theatre in the city to hnyS tsa,
which for time was the home Of comic opera.
famous baker went into the theatrical bust.
Twenty second street and Broadway. lie failed
but the theatre kept its name. and was burned
was to have made her debut there. Mr.. Walack
eent his company on tho road. and let NJ RS.
Iangtry use his house In which to make her
In 1874 the San Francisco Minstrels opened
their second house In this city. at broadway
were dead the house changed its name; It did
80 several times, for that matter. Perhaps this
LIST is not Ho%mpGhte but i IN nearly 2n So Hay
Dockstader's. the Gaiety. Herrmanns Kennrs;
the 81; Jamess. the Savoy. the Jonah and
In 1878 the Third Avenue Theatre was
opened at Third avenue and Thirty first street.
Sos tn" IN sg hsars ia f
name Here electricity was used for the lrst
time in lighting theatres in this city. Three
opened-the Theatre Brighton where the BiJou
is. II was intended to be an American Ger
man Reds" and ,nnocuons plays were given
inal. 50 in 1879 Mr.. Wood came back and
the rs W%ods Theatre
BIKE bsy aye an" S se there s' Sr two S%H
In 1879 MIR. Aberle. having bpxom dangh-
G 6H Ghurh d in E E For mSt ARD t 1 S
gers have people after th"m. i became the
Grand Central: then the Eighth street. then
The National in the Bowcrv. though It looked
rs IL II might have dated from before the flood
vas orrncd really in 1880; it was later the
On Jan !, 1882. the third walrack's Theatre
T2 MS RrnIpy Sr 2@d Ths
most famous thing about it was Mrs. Iangtry' :
debut: when The home r9mnnny TnT sent on
lacks in 1891 The Mount Morris, and the
Casino were opened in 1882. The latter has
been from the first the home Of light opera and
extravaganza.
The Metropolitan Opera House was built in
-, Al, Broadway and, Forty-nrst street, In 1888.
become the Cosmonolltnn. and after rebuild
altered ate church IN West Twenty f' street
into The Temple" IN which to, play his
and Mas S can6 % hs rs
1t became, the Twenty-hird Street Theatre
TeF Hn and hs9 pr re- TnS NTT
psedtn Booths Theatre. dem9lished that year.
while Harrgan and Hart played their last
season together and is now the Herald square.
The New Theatre dGGmigss later the Harlem
A.! Am5%re;;' nov The ,irytas Pisce T,licaitrs, On
For a time in 1859 Parepa Hall. at Eighty
Vii" Vaudeville r hrn .' The Harlem opera
House was built in 1851. the first of the Ham.
merStein houses. II was followed in a year by
the Columbus: in 1890 also the GARDEN and
IIarrCan's opened: On April 4. 1891. at 2l6!
First avenue, an Italian theatre was opened
for the first time in the city.
The Berkeley Lyceum; used chiefly by anna
tours was opened in lSSS
There was an Olympic opened in the city in
1882. lust as there had been somewhere in
lsS2 but neither Of these later olymriSs Ind
was opened in West Thirty-fourth street b,
Oscar Hammerstcin. to close soon and reopen
as Roster n BialS In 1898 three theatres
open"d-the Empire, on Jan %: the Apleri
can. on May % and Abhcy's. now the Knicker.
| theatrical amnsement have, been opened il
| this city. az follows: Imperial Music Hal nov
| Weber 4 FicldS'sl. 1894: PrOctor's Pleasure
| Palace Sept. .. 1890: liammnrStein's Olympia
| Nov. 20. 1895 the Murray Hill. Oct. 10. 1885
the LYRIC. Oct ri lS,7; the Dewey on Sept
stein theatre, on March >, and the New York.
| on April "a Of this year
This list shows that ninety-three theatres
| have been built in this city in ! 10 years no
counting those rebuilt on the sites Of forme
places Of n amms%i1eTt Thr list hEweEHr
tories OF the New York stage are incom
| pIete. and dates and places are omit
| ted An interesting feature of tho list is thu
scarcity Of distinctly local or even American
| names, There have been three Park theatres
! five Olympics Aye Broodways, and almost NJ
| theatre in the city has kept ITS original name
| The Union Square. as s0 d above. has had II!
name longer than any other theatre III town
| and II was built only twenty-"ight years ago
| Almost every change OF management ha
brought change OF name. which is pity. his
change in that custom Palmer's has hecom
Wallack's again. and II Is reasonably certain
| that Days will stay Days for years to come