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The theatre burnt down on the evening of May 26, 1828, [8]: 569 but was rebuilt by the architect Joseph Sera and reopened under the name Bowery Theatre on August 20, 1828. [ 8 ] : 602 [ 9 ] [ 4 ] Gilfert's understanding of advertising was keen, but in 1829 the owners fired him.
At this time the Bowery street was a cultural hub of German immigrants. In 1864 it was rebuilt and renamed to the New Stadt Theatre, in 1878 it was renamed to Windsor Theatre, [1] after being briefly named The City Theatre. In 1883 it burned down and a new, smaller building was erected for it in 1886. [3] It was demolished in 1910. [1]
The Bowery Theatre was a 19th-century playhouse at 46 Bowery. It was founded in the 1820s by rich families to compete with the upscale Park Theatre. By the 1850s, the theatre came to cater to immigrant groups such as the Irish, Germans, and Chinese. It burned down four times in 17 years, and a fire in 1929 destroyed it for good.
Crowds along the "Bowery at night," c. 1895 painting by William Louis Sonntag, Jr. Miner's Bowery Theatre was a vaudeville or variety show theater opened in the Bowery of New York by Senator Henry Clay Miner in 1878.
The Bowery Amphitheatre was a building in the Bowery neighborhood of New York City. It was located at 37 and 39 Bowery, across the street from the Bowery Theatre . Under a number of different names and managers, the structure served as a circus , menagerie , theatre , a roller rink , and a branch of the Peniel Mission .
Gordon-Phillips and her sisters Rosie and Jeanie owned the Venice Theater on Park Row from the 1920s to the 1940s; [5] Gordon-Phillips was the manager. [6] After the theater closed each night, she visited homeless men on the streets, distributing money and toiletries and assisting them to find a place to sleep in homeless shelters.
In the spring of 1834, he began purchasing shares of the theatre from its owners, the New York Association; within 18 months, he owned a majority. When the Bowery Theatre burnt down in 1836, it was the most popular playhouse in New York City. [12] Hamblin bought out the remaining shares and rented the property to W. E. Dinneford and Thomas ...
New York Theatre may stand for: New York Theatre Workshop , off-Broadway theatre in the Bowery, Lower East Side of Manhattan Bowery Theatre , Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City