THE CITY AND THE THEATRE

Back Stage Books/Watson-Guptill, New York, 2004, 1^st Edition, 1^st printing thus, Revised and Expanded Edition.  ISBN 0-8230-0637-9.  Hard cover, 382 pages including Selected Bibliography and Index.  Like new; very light edge wear; tight binding with headbands.  Dust jacket with price intact shows light edge wear, some light impressions and scratches; price sticker on rear panel.  Interior clean and unmarked; profusely illustrated with black and white drawings and photos; pages white and bright.  The History of New York Playhouses - A 250-Year Journey From Bowling Green To Times Square. ‘… documents the rich cultural legacy of New York City and its playhouses.  Complete with illustrations and biographies of more than seventy-five Broadway theatres, here is a vivid, thorough history of Manhattan and the rise of its Theatre District:  from 1699, when a petition was first made for a license to perform plays in Manhattan, to colonial New York, to the twentieth century and the birth of Time Square, to the recent revitalization of Forty-second Street in the mid-1990s.  The book also includes an A to Z listing of every Broadway theatre ever to exist, with a photograph or illustration of the theatre, its address, the architect, the opening production, historical information and, if applicable, when the theatre was demolished.’ (from rear panel)