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Photographer: Larry Gertner
Taken: July 19, 2016
Caption: Inset - People's Theatre
Additional Description: Note: The original 1858 structure was a German concert hall, became an incubator for vaudeville (Tony Pastor’s Opera House, 1865-1875) and in the 1880/90s, featured serious plays and everything from magician Herrmann the Great to boxing legend John L. Sullivan. A strike here during an 1899 Yiddish production spawned the Hebrew Actors’ Union, the first actors’ union in America. Following its Yiddish theatre years (1901-1934), people’s ended its days as a burlesque house.
Submitted: May 7, 2019, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.
Database Locator Identification Number: p473908
File Size: 0.210 Megabytes

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