Chestnut Street Opera House
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The Chestnut Street Opera House was a theatre located at 1021–1029 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Built by theatre impresario Robert Fox on the former site of the Pennsylvania Academy
1880 sketch of the Chestnut Street Opera House
Party Scene by Robert Henri. Part of the collection of the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Henri would often sketch audiences at the Chestnut Street Opera House, and it is possible this ink drawing was made at the theatre.
Front cover of sheet music for the song "Lover Come Back To Me" from The New Moon
Shubert family
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The Shubert family, of brothers Lee, Sam, and Jacob, was a central force in the establishment and expansion of both the legitimate theatre and vaudeville in the United States in the first half of the
Herald Square Theatre in 1907
Shubert Theatre (Broadway) in 2006
Shubert Theatre (Boston) in 2008
Lee Schubert 1908