Provincetown Playhouse
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The Provincetown Playhouse is a historic theatre at 133 MacDougal Street between West 3rd and 4th streets in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It is named for the Provi
The entrance to the Provincetown Playhouse in April 2015
Claudette Colbert
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Claudette Colbert, also known as Lily Claudette Chauchoin, was a French-American stage and film actress. She began her career in earnest on Broadway during the late 1920s and progressed to films with
Provincetown Playhouse
…and Djuna Barnes. Paul Robeson performed at the theatre, and E. E. Cummings had his play "Him" performed in the building. Ann Harding, Bette Davis, and Claudette Colbert made their New York stage debuts in the facility. The Provincetown Playhouse was originally located at 139 Macdougal when it opened in 1916; it moved…
Colbert in 1944
During her high school days, 1920
Colbert in the Broadway production La Gringa, 1928
With Maurice Chevalier in The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)