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American Theater

Roberts Orpheum Theater, formerly known as the American Theater; listed on the NRHP in St. Louis, Missouri



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Art Shay

Shay's 2000 autobiography is titled Album for an Age: Unconventional Words and Pictures from the 20th Century. In 2002, the American Theater Company in Chicago staged Shay's autobiographical play, Where Have You Gone, Jimmy Stewart?, directed by Mike Nussbaum.

Brooke Berman

Her short play "Dancing with a Devil" was a co-winner of the Heideman Award at Actors Theater of Louisville in 1999, presented in “Life Under 30” at the Humana Festival, and nominated for an American Theater Critics Best New Play award.

Charles C. Haight

American Music Hall (American Theater), 42nd Street, 1893, Demolished

Chelsea on the Edge: The Adventures of an American Theater

Chelsea on the Edge: The Adventures of an American Theater (1991) is a book by Davi Napoleon about the onstage triumphs and the offstage turmoil at the Chelsea Theater Center of Brooklyn.

Impossible Ragtime Theater

The Impossible Ragtime Theater was an American theater company founded in 1974 by Ted Story, George Ferencz, Cynthia Crane and Pam Mitchell.

Joseph Coulon de Jumonville

He was later promoted to Second Ensign and was stationed in Acadia during King George's War (as the North American theater of the War of the Austrian Succession is sometimes called).

Michael Leavitt

Michael B. Leavitt (1843–1935), American theater entrepreneur, manager, and producer

Paige Howard

Paige Carlyle Howard is an American theater, television and film actress.

Ryan Davis

Ryan J. Davis (born 1982), American theater director, writer, political consultant and progressive activist

The Nightingale casting controversy

The casting controversy generated significant response from the Asian American theater and artistic community, particularly because similar controversies have occurred in the past, as when Jonathan Pryce was cast to play the Eurasian lead in the musical, Miss Saigon.

Thomas Lamb

Thomas W. Lamb (1871–1942), American theater and cinema architect