The comely ladies of 'The Black Crook'. The show originally debuted at Niblo's Garden, although I believe the photo above is fro...
Friday, December 13, 2013
The Broadway Musical: A trip through NYC's musical history, from HMS Pinafore to Show Boat, along its most famous street
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Premiering this Friday: Our epic holiday podcast
And let's just say, it should be a real show-stopper! Above: The cast of Shuffle Along , 1921 (Courtesy NYPL)
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
The world in glasses: Theodore Roosevelt, fictional athletes, glamorous secretaries, even the Bowery Boys!
If glasses are fashionable today, you can thank President Theodore Roosevelt , whose stylish C-bridge pince-nez diminished the reputation as...
Monday, December 9, 2013
Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis', a gauzy, surreal homage to 1960s New York bohemian life
Out in the cold: Llewyn Davis gets no respect. Pic courtesy CBS Films NOTE: This article contains minor spoilers for the film Inside Llewyn ...
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
AMC's 'Turn': The next great New York history TV show?
BBC America's Copper , depicting the grit and crime of 1860s New York, was recently cancelled (although petitions are currently circulat...
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
The craziest Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree ever, in 1949, caused an equally crazy Fifth Avenue traffic jam
For the 1949 season, the caretakers of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree decided to go fantastically over the top. Just a few years ear...
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