Main entry:

Morrison, Andrew Craig.

Title & Author:

Theaters / Craig Morrison.

Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2005.

Description:

pages cm.

Series:

Norton/Library of Congress visual sourcebooks in architecture, design, and engineering

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : theaters in America -- 1. Theaters for a new nation -- 2. Theaters at the nation's edge -- 3. Theaters across the continent -- Interlude : theaters in an artist's eye -- 4. Theater becomes show business -- 5. World's fairs and Coney Islands -- 6. Theaters for the magic shadow -- Interlude : theaters in a photographer's lens -- 7. Theaters for the modern era -- 8. Special-purpose theaters -- 9. Encore : what people do to theaters!

Summary:

"An illustrated history of a beloved cultural building type, Theaters takes us on a visual journey from the early playhouses to modern movie houses as theaters developed in colonial America, on the western frontier, and in cities from coast to coast. This first comprehensive study of American theaters plumbs the great holdings of the Library of Congress, showcasing the wide range of theater forms - from raucous music hall to popular vaudeville, from circus to grand opera and drama, from world's fairs to Coney Island, from nickelodeons to glorious picture palaces. Also featured are burlesque theaters, theaters afloat, military theaters, Shakespearean theaters, summer theaters, and arenas - a history enlivened by a cast of entrepreneurs, showmen, and architects who were the movers and shakers of our theatrical heritage." "Packed with archival photographs and plans, Theaters includes special "interludes" : theater photographs by such renowned artists as Walker Evans, Ben Shahn, Dorothea Lange, Marion Post Wolcott, and Gordon Parks; and the library's collection of drawings by Anthony F. Dumas, published in its entirety for the first time."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

0393731081
9780393731088

Subject:

Theater architecture United States.
Theater and society United States.
Architecture des théâtres États-Unis.
Théâtre et société États-Unis.
Theater and society.
Theater architecture.
United States.

Added entries:

Norton/Library of Congress visual sourcebooks in architecture, design, and engineering.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 244915
Call No.: BIB 174569
Status: Available