Casino Theatre (New York City)
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Casino Theatre (New York City)
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The Casino Theatre was a Broadway theatre located at 1404 Broadway and West 39th Street in New York City. Built in 1882, it was a leading presenter of mostly musicals and operettas until it closed in 1930. The theatre was the first in New York to be lit entirely by electricity, popularized the chorus line and later introduced white audiences to African-American shows. It originally seated approximately 875 people, however the theatre was enlarged in 1894 and again in 1905, after a fire, when its
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Former theatre in Manhattan, New York
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casino_Theatre_(New_York_City)
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2023-07-30T16:17:39Z
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