Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)
Biography
__ __ __Work cat.: The glory that was gold, 1992: t.p. (Central City Opera House) p. vii (built in 1878 in Central City, Colo.)
Biography
Central City Opera House is given to the University of Denver by the McFarlane family in 1932 (Ida Kruse McFarlane, Professor of English at DU, good friends with Anne Evans). The CCOHA was administered as a non-profit corporation during this time.
Sources
Breck, From the Rockies to the World, 1997, 126.
Found in 2416 Collections and/or Records:
Billboard Advertising 1950 Festival, 1950
Billboard for 1950 season reads, " The Central City Opera house Assn. presents fifteenth annual play festival August 5 through August 26, 1960. Maurice Evans in Bernard Shaw's comedy 'The Devil's Disciple' production staged by George Somnes."
Billboard Advertising 1951 Festival, 1951
Billboard for 1951 season reads, " The central City Opera house Assn. presents sixteenth annual play festival August 4 through Sept. 1, 1951 Katharine Cornell, Brian Aherne, Grace George in 'The Constant Wife' by W. Somerset Maugham."
Billboard Advertising 1951 Festival, 1951
Billboard Advertising 1952 Festival, 1952
Billboard for 1952 season reads,"Central City Opera House Assn. twenty-first annual festival August 2 - August 30, 1952 presents Helen Hays in 'Mrs. McThing' a comic fantasy by Mary Chase with Jules Munshin, Enid Markey, Lydia Reed, Paula Trueman, Robert Mariotti, directed by Joseph Buloff, setting and lighting by lester Polakov, costumes by Lucinda Ballard."
Billboard Advertising 1952 Festival, 1952
Billboard for 1952 season reads, " Central City Opera House Assn. presentd seventeenth annual festival June 28 through July 26, 1952. La Boheme by Giocomo Puccini, directed by Frank St. Leger, designed by Donald Oenslager; and the Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, designed and directed by Dr. Elmer Nagy, musical director for both productions Tibor Kozma, assistant director Walter Taussig."
Billboard Advertising 1953 Festival, 1953
Billboard for 1953 season reads,"Central City Opera House Assn. Twenty-second annual festival August 1- August 29, 1953 presents Shirley Booth in 'The Time of the Cuckoo,' A romantic comedy by Arthur Laurents with the original New York Cast. Directed by Harold Clurman, setting and lights by Ben Edwards, costumes by Helene Pons."
Billboard Advertising 1953 Festival, 1953
Billboard Advertising 1954 Festival, 1954
Billboard Advertising 1954 Festival, 1954
Billboard reads, " Twenty third annual play festival, Central City Opera House Assn. and Paul Gregory present July 31- August 28, 1954. Paul Douglas, Wendell Corey, Steve Brodie in Herman Wouk's 'The caine Mutiny Court Martial.' Directed by Charles Laughton through arrangements by George Somnes."
Billboard Advertising Bus Stop, 1932-1958
Sign for Bus Stop opera in room surrounded by wooden chairs, reading ''Central City Opera House Assn. and Whitehead-Stevens Productions Inc. Present August 6-September 3, 1955 Bus Stop by William Inge Starring Peggy Ann Garner, Albert Salmi, and Glenn Anders, Directed by Harold Clurman.''
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