...that although the Park Theatre was considered the highest-class playhouse in New York City,
Edgar Allan Poe criticized it for being infested by
rats?
...that in the
Japanese theatrical art known as Taishū engeki(pictured), it is not uncommon for fans to spend tens or hundreds of thousands of
yen on gifts for the performers?
... that
Thomas Middleton's 1624 play A Game at Chess was considered so scandalous that the Globe Theatre was closed and the actors and author were put on trial?
...that Takemoto Gidayū's contributions to the form of bunraku (Japanese puppet theatre) were so influential that all chanters (narrators) in bunraku are now called gidayū?
...that Ichikawa Danjūrō V, one of the most famous and successful
Kabuki actors, was briefly forced out of the theater after being accused of misappropriating funds?
...that scholars of
Japanese theatre have been able to identify the subjects of many yakusha-e (ukiyo-e actor prints, pictured) down to not only the kabuki actors, roles, and the play depicted, but even the
theater and month in which it was performed?
...that Ivan Shuvalov, who was a favourite of
Empress Elizabeth, 27 years his senior, used his influence at court to establish the first permanent theatre, university, and
academy of arts in Russia?
...that Burning Bright by
John Steinbeck was an attempt at a new form of literature, the "play-novelette"— but both the play and novel were savaged by the critics and Steinbeck never wrote for the theatre again?
...that schools of traditional Japanese arts such as
Go,
calligraphy,
tea ceremony,
Noh theatre and
martial arts are based on a hereditary system of grand masters called Iemoto? (pictured: Sen no Rikyū, founder of 3 schools of arts)
...that Louise Pitre, a
Tony Award-nominated musical theatre actress, was turned down after auditioning for the role of Josephine in the
London musical Napoleon?
...that the audience of the Dorset Garden Theatre (pictured) in
RestorationLondon found it fashionable and convenient to arrive by boat, thereby avoiding the crime-ridden area of
Alsatia?
...that Takemoto Gidayū's contributions to the form of bunraku (Japanese puppet theatre) were so influential that all chanters (narrators) in bunraku are now called gidayū?
...that, before building the landmark
Gandy Bridge, George Gandy was known for building a large successful theatre, originally derided as "Gandy's White Elephant"?
...that in order to accommodate the
rock musicalDude, the
The Broadway Theatre in
Manhattan was turned into an arena filled with ramps, runways, catwalks, columns, trapezes, and trapdoors at a cost of $800,000?
...that despite being involved in high school theatre, Darla Vandenbossche only decided to pursue acting when she reached the age of 36?
...that the rise of ticket prices in the new
Covent Garden Theatre led to the so-called Old Price Riots, which lasted for more than two months in 1809?
... that Beerbohm, a cat owned by the
Gielgud Theatre, became famous for entering actors' dressing rooms, attacking props, and wandering across the stage during performances?
...that Marguerite Clark left school at age 16, debuted on
Broadway a year later, and then quickly became one of the major
stage and
film stars of the first two decades of the 20th century?
...that Gubbi Veeranna's
theatre company was the first one in the state of
Karnataka,
India to employ female artists to portray female characters on the stage?
...that Lionel Monckton (pictured), the most popular
musical theatre composer of the
Edwardian period, after dropping into obscurity by the end of the 20th century, recently has had two albums of his music released?
... that the Harris Theater(pictured) is the first new performing arts venue built in downtown
Chicago since 1929?
...that in 1877 the 4,000-seat Queen's Theatre staged a spectacular and expensive production of The Last Days of Pompeii that flopped: the earth did not quake, the volcano did not erupt, and acrobats fell onto the cast?
...that the modern meaning of "ballad", a slow, sentimental tune or love song, often written in a fairly standardized form, came about from
Tin Pan Alley and
Broadway composers?
...that Nikita Balieff, a
vaudeville performer, writer,
impresario, and director, named his theater "Chauve-Souris" (
bat) after a bat flew up out of the basement door and landed on his hat?
...that although the Park Theatre was considered the highest-class playhouse in New York City,
Edgar Allan Poe criticized it for being infested by
rats?
...that in the
Japanese theatrical art known as Taishū engeki(pictured), it is not uncommon for fans to spend tens or hundreds of thousands of
yen on gifts for the performers?
... that
Thomas Middleton's 1624 play A Game at Chess was considered so scandalous that the Globe Theatre was closed and the actors and author were put on trial?
...that Takemoto Gidayū's contributions to the form of bunraku (Japanese puppet theatre) were so influential that all chanters (narrators) in bunraku are now called gidayū?
...that Ichikawa Danjūrō V, one of the most famous and successful
Kabuki actors, was briefly forced out of the theater after being accused of misappropriating funds?
...that scholars of
Japanese theatre have been able to identify the subjects of many yakusha-e (ukiyo-e actor prints, pictured) down to not only the kabuki actors, roles, and the play depicted, but even the
theater and month in which it was performed?
...that Ivan Shuvalov, who was a favourite of
Empress Elizabeth, 27 years his senior, used his influence at court to establish the first permanent theatre, university, and
academy of arts in Russia?
...that Burning Bright by
John Steinbeck was an attempt at a new form of literature, the "play-novelette"— but both the play and novel were savaged by the critics and Steinbeck never wrote for the theatre again?
...that schools of traditional Japanese arts such as
Go,
calligraphy,
tea ceremony,
Noh theatre and
martial arts are based on a hereditary system of grand masters called Iemoto? (pictured: Sen no Rikyū, founder of 3 schools of arts)
...that Louise Pitre, a
Tony Award-nominated musical theatre actress, was turned down after auditioning for the role of Josephine in the
London musical Napoleon?
...that the audience of the Dorset Garden Theatre (pictured) in
RestorationLondon found it fashionable and convenient to arrive by boat, thereby avoiding the crime-ridden area of
Alsatia?
...that Takemoto Gidayū's contributions to the form of bunraku (Japanese puppet theatre) were so influential that all chanters (narrators) in bunraku are now called gidayū?
...that, before building the landmark
Gandy Bridge, George Gandy was known for building a large successful theatre, originally derided as "Gandy's White Elephant"?
...that in order to accommodate the
rock musicalDude, the
The Broadway Theatre in
Manhattan was turned into an arena filled with ramps, runways, catwalks, columns, trapezes, and trapdoors at a cost of $800,000?
...that despite being involved in high school theatre, Darla Vandenbossche only decided to pursue acting when she reached the age of 36?
...that the rise of ticket prices in the new
Covent Garden Theatre led to the so-called Old Price Riots, which lasted for more than two months in 1809?
... that Beerbohm, a cat owned by the
Gielgud Theatre, became famous for entering actors' dressing rooms, attacking props, and wandering across the stage during performances?
...that Marguerite Clark left school at age 16, debuted on
Broadway a year later, and then quickly became one of the major
stage and
film stars of the first two decades of the 20th century?
...that Gubbi Veeranna's
theatre company was the first one in the state of
Karnataka,
India to employ female artists to portray female characters on the stage?
...that Lionel Monckton (pictured), the most popular
musical theatre composer of the
Edwardian period, after dropping into obscurity by the end of the 20th century, recently has had two albums of his music released?
... that the Harris Theater(pictured) is the first new performing arts venue built in downtown
Chicago since 1929?
...that in 1877 the 4,000-seat Queen's Theatre staged a spectacular and expensive production of The Last Days of Pompeii that flopped: the earth did not quake, the volcano did not erupt, and acrobats fell onto the cast?
...that the modern meaning of "ballad", a slow, sentimental tune or love song, often written in a fairly standardized form, came about from
Tin Pan Alley and
Broadway composers?
...that Nikita Balieff, a
vaudeville performer, writer,
impresario, and director, named his theater "Chauve-Souris" (
bat) after a bat flew up out of the basement door and landed on his hat?