Theaters

Andrew Craig Morrison

W. W. Norton & Company, 2006 - Architecture - 398 pages

This visual sourcebook traces the development of its colorful and varied forms as they developed in early America, on the western frontier, and in cities from coast to coast. The first comprehensive study of American theaters, it illustrates their wide range from raucous music halls to vaudeville, from circus to grand opera, from World's Fair to Coney island, from nickelodeon to glorious picture palace. Also featured are theaters for burlesque, theaters afloat, military theaters, Shakespearean theaters, summer theaters, theaters and African-Americans, and arenas (when a stage just won't do), enlivened by a cast of entrepreneurs and showmen who were the movers and shakers of our theatrical heritage.

About the author

Craig Morrison , an architect and theater historian, lives in New York City.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Theaters; Library of Congress Visual Sourcebooks Series; Norton/Library of Congress visual sourcebooks in architecture, design, and engineering
• Author: Andrew Craig Morrison
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2006
• ISBN: 0393731081, 9780393731088
• Length: 398 pages
• Subjects: Architecture / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial; Drama / General