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Karamu House in the Fairfax neighborhood on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio, United States, is the oldest producing Black Theatre in the United States opening in 1915. [2] Many of Langston Hughes's plays were developed and premiered at the theater. [3]
From 1951–78, the theater offices were home to radio stations WHK (1420 AM) and WMMS nee WHK-FM (100.7 FM); the theater itself was known as the WHK Auditorium. In 1968–69 the theater was known as the Cleveland Grande. In the early 1980s, it briefly re-opened as the New Hippodrome Theatre showing movies. [8] [9]
A professional regional theater, The Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival (GLTF), was launched in 1962 with a $50,000 budget (equivalent to US$503,630 in 2023). Supported by community members and volunteers at its inception, the theater continues to operate as a non-profit with a $3.6 million annual operations budget.
The theatre opened on November 6, 1922, with vaudeville star Elsie Janis headlining. The show was sold out, with several high-profile guests of the entertainment world attending, like Marcus Loew, a pioneer of the motion picture world and founder of Metro-Goldwin-Mayer (MGM) film studio, and Adolph Zukor, one of the three founders of Paramount Pictures.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 30.6% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 8.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 117.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.7 males.
The festival offers multiple awards and honors to its films and filmmakers, including for Best Documentary and for Best Central and Eastern European film. [12] In 2006, the festival introduced The Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Film Competition, which honors films focused on social justice and activism and is sponsored by The George Gund Foundation in honor of Greg Gund, who died in a plane ...
T.L Maharajan, was born to Trichy Loganathan & Rajalakshmi Loganathan. His maternal grandmother was C.T Raajakaantham, one of the leading women comedians during 1940s in the Tamil cinema industry.
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