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Cleveland's Playhouse Square

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Cleveland's Playhouse Square

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In the early 1920s, five opulent theaters--the Allen, the Ohio, the State, the Palace, and the Hanna--opened on a stretch of Euclid Avenue in Cleveland. They offered legitimate theater, vaudeville, name bands and entertainers, and films for the affluent and hardworking citizens of this booming industrial city. Unfortunately, the introduction of television and the flight to the suburbs in the 1950s and 1960s turned the theaters into ghost palaces destined for the wrecking ball. In 1970, a bold group of planners led by Raymond K. Shepardson formed the Playhouse Square Association, a nonprofit group dedicated to saving the theaters. A 25-year restoration endeavor emerged that raised $53 million, culminating in the largest theater restoration project in the world. Today Playhouse Square Center ranks second only to New York's Lincoln Center as North America's largest performing arts complex.


Author: Patricia M. Mote
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Publication Date: Apr 19, 2006
Number of Pages: 130 pages
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10: 1531624057
ISBN-13: 9781531624057
 

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