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Grand 1894 Opera House

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The Grand 1894 Opera House in Galveston, Texas is currently operated as a not-for-profit performing arts theatre. [1]

46 relations: Anna Pavlova, Bernadette Peters, Dorothy Kirsten, Eydie Gormé, Frank Cox (architect), Galveston, Texas, George Burns, George M. Cohan, Gracie Allen, Greater Tuna, Hal Holbrook, Helen Hayes, Helena Modjeska, Holland Taylor, Hurricane Carla, Hurricane Ike, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Itzhak Perlman, James Earl Jones, John Philip Sousa, Johnny Mathis, Larry Gatlin, Lillian Russell, Lionel Hampton, Liza Minnelli, Lyle Lovett, Marilyn Horne, Marx Brothers, Maude Adams, National Register of Historic Places, Otis Skinner, Paul Anka, Ray Charles, Romanesque Revival architecture, Sarah Bernhardt, Steve Lawrence, The Beach Boys, The Oak Ridge Boys, Tommy Tune, Tony Bennett, Vaudeville, Vienna Boys' Choir, William Jennings Bryan, Willie Nelson, 1900 Galveston hurricane, 1915 Galveston hurricane.

Anna Pavlova

Anna Pavlovna (Matveyevna) Pavlova (Анна Павловна (Матвеевна) Павлова; – January 23, 1931) was a Russian prima ballerina of the late 19th and the early 20th centuries.

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Bernadette Peters

Bernadette Peters (born Bernadette Lazzara; February 28, 1948) is an American actress, singer and children's book author.

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Dorothy Kirsten

Dorothy Kirsten (July 6, 1910, Montclair, New Jersey – November 18, 1992, Los Angeles, California) was an American operatic soprano.

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Eydie Gormé

Eydie Gormé (born Edith Garmezano; August 16, 1928 – August 10, 2013) was an American singer who performed solo as well as with her husband, Steve Lawrence, in popular ballads and swing.

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Frank Cox (architect)

Tignal Franklin (Frank) Cox (1854–1940) was an American artist and theater architect.

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Galveston, Texas

Galveston is a coastal resort city on Galveston Island and Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas.

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George Burns

George Burns (born Nathan Birnbaum; January 20, 1896March 9, 1996) was an American comedian, actor, singer, and writer.

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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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Gracie Allen

Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen (July 26, 1895 – August 27, 1964) was an American comedian who became internationally famous as the zany partner and comic foil of husband George Burns, her straight man.

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Greater Tuna

Greater Tuna is the first in a series of four comedic plays (followed by A Tuna Christmas, Red, White and Tuna, and Tuna Does Vegas), each set in the fictional town of Tuna, Texas, the "third-smallest" town in the state.

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Hal Holbrook

Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr. (born February 17, 1925) is an American film and stage actor and television director.

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Helen Hayes

Helen Hayes MacArthur (née Brown; October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was an American actress whose career spanned 80 years.

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Helena Modjeska

Helena Modjeska (October 12, 1840 – April 8, 1909), whose actual Polish surname was Modrzejewska, was a renowned actress who specialized in Shakespearean and tragic roles.

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Holland Taylor

Holland Virginia Taylor (born January 14, 1943) is an American actress and playwright.

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Hurricane Carla

Hurricane Carla ranks as the most intense U.S. tropical cyclone landfall on the Hurricane Severity Index.

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Hurricane Ike

Hurricane Ike was a powerful tropical cyclone that swept through portions of the Greater Antilles and Northern America in September 2008, wreaking havoc on infrastructure and agriculture, particularly in Cuba and Texas.

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Ignacy Jan Paderewski

Ignacy Jan Paderewski (– 29 June 1941) was a Polish pianist and composer, politician, statesman and spokesman for Polish independence.

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Itzhak Perlman

Itzhak Perlman (יצחק פרלמן; born 31 August 1945) is an Israeli-American violinist, conductor, and music teacher.

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James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931) is an American actor.

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John Philip Sousa

John Philip Sousa (November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932) was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era, known primarily for American military and patriotic marches.

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Johnny Mathis

John Royce Mathis (born September 30, 1935) is an American singer of popular music.

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Larry Gatlin

Larry Wayne Gatlin (born May 2, 1948) is an American country and Southern gospel singer and songwriter.

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Lillian Russell

Lillian Russell (December 4, 1860/1861 – June 6, 1922), born Helen Louise Leonard, was an American actress and singer.

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Lionel Hampton

Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002) was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor.

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Liza Minnelli

Liza May Minnelli (born March 12, 1946) is an American actress and singer.

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Lyle Lovett

Lyle Pearce Lovett (born November 1, 1957) at Allmusic – Lovett's Genre and Styles.

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Marilyn Horne

Marilyn Horne (born January 16, 1934) is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer.

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Marx Brothers

The Marx Brothers were an American family comedy act that was successful in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in motion pictures from 1905 to 1949.

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Maude Adams

Maude Ewing Adams Kiskadden (November 11, 1872 – July 17, 1953), known professionally as Maude Adams, was an American actress who achieved her greatest success as the character Peter Pan, first playing the role in the 1905 Broadway production of Peter Pan; or, The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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Otis Skinner

Otis Skinner (June 28, 1858 – January 4, 1942) was an American stage actor active during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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Paul Anka

Paul Albert Anka, (born July 30, 1941) is a Canadian singer, songwriter and actor.

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Ray Charles

Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004), known professionally as Ray Charles, was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and composer.

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Romanesque Revival architecture

Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture.

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Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt (22 or 23 October 1844 – 26 March 1923) was a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including La Dame Aux Camelias by Alexandre Dumas, ''fils'', Ruy Blas by Victor Hugo, Fédora and La Tosca by Victorien Sardou, and L'Aiglon by Edmond Rostand.

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Steve Lawrence

Steve Lawrence (born Sidney Liebowitz; July 8, 1935) is an American singer and actor, best known as a member of a duo with his wife Eydie Gormé, billed as "Steve and Eydie".

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The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961.

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The Oak Ridge Boys

The Oak Ridge Boys are an American country and gospel vocal quartet.

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Tommy Tune

Thomas James "Tommy" Tune (born February 28, 1939) is an American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer.

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Tony Bennett

Anthony Dominick Benedetto (born August 3, 1926), known professionally as Tony Bennett, is an American singer of traditional pop standards, big band, show tunes, and jazz.

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Vaudeville

Vaudeville is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment.

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Vienna Boys' Choir

The Vienna Boys' Choir (Wiener Sängerknaben) or Vienna Choir Boys is a choir of boy sopranos and altos based in Vienna, Austria.

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William Jennings Bryan

William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was an American orator and politician from Nebraska.

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Willie Nelson

Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, author, poet, actor, and activist.

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1900 Galveston hurricane

The Great Galveston Hurricane, known regionally as the Great Storm of 1900, was the deadliest natural disaster in United States history.

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1915 Galveston hurricane

The 1915 Galveston hurricane was a deadly hurricane that struck Leeward Islands, Hispaniola, Cuba and Texas, in mid August of the 1915 Atlantic hurricane season.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_1894_Opera_House

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