John A. Ellsler
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John A. Ellsler was an American actor, theatre manager and acting instructor who helped make Cleveland, Ohio one of the more important theatre towns in post Civil War America. Ellsler was instrumental
Ohio, The Future Great State, 1875
Academy of Music, Cleveland c.1875
Euclid Avenue Opera House, Cleveland c. 1875
Academy of Music (Cleveland)
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The Academy of Music was both a theatre and a school for the performing arts in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, located at 1371 Bank St. a bit north of Superior Avenue in the section of downtown now k
John A. Ellsler
…Ellsler managed the Utica Museum, Utica, New York. Ellsler came to Cleveland in 1853 where his management saved the Cleveland Theatre (later known as the Academy of Music) from bankruptcy. In 1858 he began a two year tenure as manager of Woods's Theater, Cincinnati before returning to the Cleveland where over the following…
Academy of Music in c. 1882