The Shuberts Present: 100 Years of American Theater

A new book by Shubert Archivists Maryann Chach, Reagan Fletcher, Mark E. Swartz, and Sylvia Wang. Original architectural photographs by Whitney Cox. Foreword by Gerald Schoenfeld Afterword by Hugh Hardy.

Entrepreneurs and impresarios, the Shubert Brothers (Sam, Lee, and J.J.) produced some 600 plays, revues, and musicals and championed stars Sarah Bernhardt, Ethel Barrymore, Al Jolson, Mae West and many more. But their greatest legacy was the theaters that they owned. Focusing on the 17 Broadway houses owned by The Shubert Organization, this new elegant book presents a unique pageant of the past 100 years on the American stage. Irresistible to any theater lover, this beautiful edition features 430 illustrations, including 200 in full color.

To peruse these pages is to relive American theater history.

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$60.00 Hardcover - 328 pages (January 2002)
Harry N Abrams; ISBN: 0810906147
430 illustrations, 200 in full color, Three 8-page gatefolds, 9 x 11 1/2

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