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Gaiety Theatre (New York City)

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The Gaiety Theatre was a Broadway theatre at 1547 Broadway in New York City from 1909 until 1982, when it was torn down. [1]

26 relations: Abbott and Costello, African Americans, Andy Razaf, Ann Corio, Astor Theatre (New York City), Bert Williams, Brill Building, Budweiser, Clarence Williams (musician), Edward Durell Stone, Fiorello H. La Guardia, George M. Cohan, Gypsy Rose Lee, Harry Pace, Lightnin' (play), Minsky's Burlesque, New York City, New York Marriott Marquis, Perry Bradford, Stepin Fetchit, Tin Pan Alley, United Artists, United States, Vaudeville, W. C. Handy, Will Vodery.

Abbott and Costello

Abbott and Costello were an American comedy duo composed of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, whose work on radio and in film and television made them the most popular comedy team of the 1940s and early 1950s.

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African Americans

African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.

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Andy Razaf

Andy Razaf (December 16, 1895 – February 3, 1973) was an African-American poet, composer and lyricist of such well-known songs as "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Honeysuckle Rose".

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Ann Corio

Ann Corio (November 29, 1909 – March 1, 1999) was a prominent American burlesque ecdysiast and actress.

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Astor Theatre (New York City)

The Astor Theatre was located at 1537 Broadway, at West 45th Street in Times Square in New York City.

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Bert Williams

Bert Williams (November 12, 1874 – March 4, 1922) was a Bahamian American entertainer, one of the pre-eminent entertainers of the Vaudeville era and one of the most popular comedians for all audiences of his time.

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Brill Building

The Brill Building (built 1931 as the Alan E. Lefcourt Building and designed by Victor Bark Jr.Gray, Christopher,, The New York Times, December 30, 2009) is an office building located at 1619 Broadway on 49th Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, just north of Times Square and further uptown from the historic musical Tin Pan Alley neighborhood.

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Budweiser

Budweiser is an American-style pale lager produced by Anheuser-Busch, currently part of the transnational corporation Anheuser-Busch InBev.

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Clarence Williams (musician)

Clarence Williams (October 6, 1898 or October 8, 1893 – November 6, 1965) was an American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher.

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Edward Durell Stone

Edward Durell Stone (March 9, 1902 – August 6, 1978) was a twentieth century American architect.

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Fiorello H. La Guardia

Fiorello Henry La Guardia (born Fiorello Enrico La Guardia) (December 11, 1882September 20, 1947) was an American politician.

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George M. Cohan

George Michael Cohan (July 3, 1878November 5, 1942), known professionally as George M. Cohan, was an American entertainer, playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, dancer and producer.

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Gypsy Rose Lee

Gypsy Rose Lee (born Rose Louise Hovick, January 8, 1911 – April 26, 1970) was an American burlesque entertainer and vedette famous for her striptease act.

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Harry Pace

Harry Herbert Pace (January 6, 1884 – July 19, 1943) was an African-American music publisher and insurance executive, and the founder of Black Swan Records.

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Lightnin' (play)

Lightnin is a comedy play in three acts by Winchell Smith and Frank Bacon.

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Minsky's Burlesque

Minsky's Burlesque refers to the brand of American burlesque presented by four sons of Louis and Ethel Minsky: Abraham 'Abe' Bennett Minsky (1880–1949), Michael William 'Billy' Minsky (1887–1932), Herbert Kay Minsky (1891-1959), and Morton Minsky (1902–1987).

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York Marriott Marquis

The New York Marriott Marquis is a Marriott hotel designed by architect John Portman.

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Perry Bradford

Perry Bradford (February 14, 1893, Montgomery, Alabama – April 20, 1970, New York City) was an African-American composer, songwriter, and vaudeville performer.

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Stepin Fetchit

Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry (May 30, 1902 – November 19, 1985), better known by the stage name Stepin Fetchit, was an American vaudevillian, comedian and film actor, of Jamaican descent, considered to be the first black actor to have a successful film career.

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Tin Pan Alley

Tin Pan Alley is the name given to the collection of New York City music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century.

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United Artists

United Artists (UA) is an American film and television entertainment studio.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Vaudeville

Vaudeville is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment.

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W. C. Handy

William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873 – March 28, 1958) was a composer and musician, known as the Father of the Blues.

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Will Vodery

Will Vodery (October 8, 1885 – November 18, 1951) was an African-American composer, conductor, orchestrator, and arranger, and one of the few black Americans of his time to make a name for himself as a composer on Broadway, working largely for Florenz Ziegfeld.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaiety_Theatre_(New_York_City)

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