December: theatre almanac.(FRONT and CENTER)(history)
American Theatre, December, 2004
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85 YEARS AGO (1919)
The Lafayette Players of New York City open the Dunbar Theatre in Philadelphia, named for Paul Laurence Dunbar, the first African American to gain national prominence as a poet. The theatre--which eventually will be rechristened the Lincoln before its demolition in the 1950s--seats 1,400 and is devoted to an African-American audience.
45 YEARS AGO (1959)
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The Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Dallas Theater Center opens Dec. 27. Wright boasts that the building, named the Kalita Humphreys Theater, does not contain a single right angle; however, he neglects ...
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