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Title: The New Amsterdam : The Biography of a Broadway Theater by Mary C. Henderson ISBN: 0-7868-6270-X Publisher: Disney Editions Pub. Date: 10 October, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The New Amsterdam: the Biography of a Broadway Theatre
Comment: This is the most beautiful book I own. I had been to the New Amsterdam in its most painful days. At this time I saw Mondo Cane and would not sit down it was such a flea bag theatre. It was a historical sight...Ziegfeld Folies et al. I really felt sad as I stood there feeling the greatness that had passed; at the time I felt... forever. Disney has brought the theatre and the feeling back. I witnessed this with my viewing of LION KING. What I felt had been lost forever can be seen in this wonderful book. The pictures before and after make one feel that nothing is impossible. The beauty that had decayed and looked irreversable has been accomplished and this book, and this theatre stand as testaments to what can be accomplished. Anyone who has walked into a theatre and felt the past rekindle will love to read this inspiring book. This book shows the cycle of a wonderful theatre and all that it was and lost and then saved. It symbolizes the rise and fall of 42nd Street as well as one beautiful theatre. This book will for once and for all show what a thetare can be and fall to and rise above. This is a wonderful book for anyone interested in Theatres anywhere and what they should symbolize to all of us.
Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent history of the New Amsterdam Theater
Comment: This book offers an excellent overview of the New Amsterdam Theater from the beginning through the recent renovation with discussions of the architecture of the building, the decorative artwork and of course a history of shows that have played at the theater from the beginning.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Book As Beautiful As The New Amsterdam Theatre Itself
Comment: Do you know a theater buff who deserves the perfect gift this holiday season? Disney's Hyperion has just released the ideal book for anyone who loves the theater: The New Amsterdam: The Biography of a Broadway Theatre.
The book is as striking as New York's famed and recently refurbished New Amsterdam Theatre. Opening from the center to reveal the main stage framed by delicate murals and art nouveau decorations, the book is brimming with pictures. It begins with decades old photographs and sketches that depict the grace and splendor of the theater when it opened in 1903 and concludes with before-and-after pictures demonstrating the care and effort that went into the building's restoration.
This book does not simply tell the story of the rise, fall, and rebirth of the Broadway landmark, it recounts the history of American theater as it passed over the stage of the New Amsterdam. From the Ziegfeld Follies to Fred Astaire to Jack Benny to Disney's recent staging of King David, the New Amsterdam welcomed America's most famous and talented performers. The New Amsterdam: The Biography of a Broadway Theatre makes this history come alive with photos of movie posters, actors, sets, and costumes.
Disney is to be commended for committing their resources to the painstaking and comprehensive restoration project that has saved the New Amsterdam from its undeserved fate as a forgotten and abandoned relic from Broadway's' glamourous past. They can also be congratulated for offering this remarkable book that preserves and shares 94 years of America's artistic heritage.
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Title: Broadway Theatres: History and Architecture by William Morrison ISBN: 0486402444 Publisher: Dover Publications Pub. Date: 01 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Southern Movie Palace: Rise, Fall, and Resurrection by Janna Jones ISBN: 0813026059 Publisher: University Press of Florida Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Movie Palaces (Architecture and Film, 1) by Ave Pildas, Lucinda Smith, King Vidor ISBN: 0940512254 Publisher: Hennessey & Ingalls Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Lost Broadway Theatres by Nicholas Van Hoogstraten, Nicholas Van Hoogstraten ISBN: 1568981163 Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Show Starts on the Sidewalk: An Architectural History of the Movie Theatre, Starring S. Charles Lee by Maggie Valentine ISBN: 0300066473 Publisher: Yale University Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1996 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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