Playbill at This Theatre

Playbill at This Theatre. 100 Years of Broadway Shows, Stories and Stars. By Louis Botto. Preface by Brian Stokes Mitchell. Edited by Robert Viagas. (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2002) Large Format Hardback with Dust Jacket. Very Good Condition. _______________________________________________________________________________ (Playbill Broadway Yearbook). This is the ultimate backstage tour of Broadway! AT THIS THEATRE tells the complete history of Broadway in the 20th century, theatre by theatre. This gorgeous book is now updated, revised and with a larger format, covering 1900 to 2001. PLAYBILL's columnist, Louis Botto, along with Robert Viagas, opens the doors and lets readers explore the 40 active Broadway theatres in New York. From the conception and design of the buildings, to their original creators, and on to the theatres' transformation, often under duress, from legitimate houses to vaudeville and Burlesque, to movie houses and then back to their original purpose, this b