Theater
Found in 1819 Collections and/or Records:
Bill Ross for 'The Lark', 1956
Black and white photograph of Bill Ross, the productive supervisor on the 1956 Central City production of 'The Lark.'
Billboard Advertising 1933 Festival, 1933
Billboard for 1933 season reads, "The Central City Opera House, season of 1933, special New York Attraction, 16 Gala Performances, August 5 to 9, 1933. 'The Merry Widow,' with the following all star cast; Miss natalie Hall, Miss Gladys Swarthout, Mr. Richard Bonelli, Mr. Ernest McChesney, continued."
Billboard Advertising 1946 Festival, 1946
Billboard reads, " The Abduction from the Seraglio, Larry Bolton, John Carter, Marilyn Cotlow, Jerome Hines, Felix Knight, Paul Kwartin, Eleanor Steber. La Traviata, John Baker, Laszlo Chabay, William Hargrave, Paul Kwartin, Norma Lee Larkin, Igne Manski, John brooks McCormack, Florence Quartararo, Francesco Valentino, assistant conductor Karl Kritz, Kurt Adler, with a remarkable chorus, ballet and orchestra."
Billboard Advertising 1946 Festival, 1946
Billboard reads, " The Central City Opera House Assn. presents A victory Play festival, July 6th - July 28th 1946. Produced by Frank St. Leger, The Abduction from the Seraglio by Wolfgang Adadeus Mozart and La Traviata by Guiseppe Verdi, music conducted by Emil Cooper, production staged by Herbert Graf, Production designed by Donald Oenslager. The performances will be sung in English."
Billboard Advertising 1947 Festival, 1947
Billboard reads, " The performances will be sugn in english by a brilliant cast of singers from New York; Fidelio, Lorenzo Alvary, Leslie Chabay, Lois Hunt, Philip Kinsman, Regina Resnik, Kenneth Schon, brian Sulliva. Martha, Larry Bolton, Lawrence Davidson, Frances Greer, Philip Kinsman, James pease, Leopold Simoneau, Claramae Turner, assistant conductor Karl Kritz, Leo Mueller, with a remarkable chorus and orchestra."
Billboard Advertising 1947 Festival, 1947
Billboard reads, " The central City Opera House Assn. presents twelfth annual play festival Auust 2 through August 27, 1947. Brock Pemberton presents Frank Fay in the Pulitzer Price Play 'Harvey' by mary Chase with Marion Lorne.'
Billboard Advertising 1948 Play festival, 1948
Billboard reads, " The Central City Opera House Assn. presents 70th anniversary play festival production of Ferenc Molnar's Gayest Comedy, The Play's the Thing, July 31 through August, 1948, starring Louis Calhern with Faye Emerson, Arthur Margetson, Ernest Cossart and the entire New York Cast including Claud Allister, Francis Compton, Richard Hylton."
Billboard Advertising 1948 Play festival, 1948
Billboard reads, " The Central City Opera House Assn. presents thirteenth annual play festival July 2 through July 24, 1948, produced by Frank St. Leger, Cosi Fan Tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Tales of Hoffman by Jacques Offenbach, conducted by Emil Cooper, Staged by Herbert Graf, designed by Donald Oeslager."
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."