At this theatre
Subtitle: 110 years of Broadway shows, stories, and stars
By: Robert Viagas and Louis Botto
Contributors: Botto, Louis
Edition: [Updated and expanded 2010 ed.].
Publisher: Applause
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9781557837646
Subjects: Theater; History; Theaters; Show
Description: Theatergoers' favorite history of Broadway is back in an updated and expanded 2010 edition that includes more than 500 color production photos, vintage archival photos, and PLAYBILL covers from all forty currently operating Broadway theatres. Thirty-eight of the original chapters have been expanded to cover all the shows that have opened since the popular 2002 edition, with two new chapters added to include Broadway theatres recently refurbished and returned to life.

This unique chronicle is the first work to present a detailed theatre-by-theatre roundup of players and productions that have enchanted audiences at Broadway's great playhouses from 1900 to 2010.

The work is an expanded treatment of "At This Theatre," the popular feature in PLAYBILL's Broadway theatre programs. "At This Theatre" offers playgoers instant nostalgia by listing notable hits (and some famed fiascos) that have played through the years in the theatre that they are attending. At This Theatre captures the magical world of Broadway and its theatres. From their own unique perspective, Viagas and Botto chronicle the stories of the forty active theatres on Broadway--from the conception and design of the buildings to their various transformations over the years, often under duress, to vaudeville and burlesque houses, to movie theatres and discos, and back again to showcases for the latest Broadway offerings. At This Theatre also pays tribute to the distinguished impresarios who built and managed these houses and the brilliant architects and interior designers who created them.

At This Theatre is also filled with page after page of great stories featuring a cast of stars like Ethel Merman, David Merrick, Katharine Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy, and hundreds more. --Book Jacket.
Notes: Previous edition: At this theatre : 100 years of Broadway shows, stories and stars / Louis Botto ; edited by Robert Viagas.

Edition statement from jacket.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Al Hirschfeld theatre; title: Ambassador theatre; title: American airlines theatre; title: August Wilson theatre; title: belasco theatre; title: Bernard B. Jacobs theatre; title: Booth theatre; title: Broadhurst theatre; title: Broadway theatre; title: Brooks Atkinson theatre; title: Circle in the Square theatre; title: Cort theatre; title: David T. Nederlander theatre; title: Ethel Barrymore theatre; title: Eugene O'Neill theatre; title: [George and Ira] Gershwin theatre; title: Gerald Schoenfeld theatre; title: Helen Hayes theatre; title: Hilton theatre; title: Imperial theatre; title: John Golden theatre; title: Longacre theatre; title: Lunt-Fontanne theatre; title: Lyceum theatre; title: Majestic theatre; title: Marquis theatre; title: Minskoff theatre; title: Music Box theatre; title: Neil Simon theatre; title: New Amsterdam theatre; title: Palace theatre; title: Richard Rodgers theatre; title: Sam S. Shubert theatre; title: Samuel J. Friedman theatre; title: St. James theatre; title: Stephen Sondheim theatre; title: Studio 54; title: Vivian Beaumont theater; title: Walter Kerr theatre; title: Winter Garden.