How America's first art theatre came to be: immigrant audiences flocked to Chicago's Hull-House to see themselves on stage.(ANTECEDENTS)(Excerpt)
American Theatre, January, 2006 by Addams, Jane
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> "ANTECEDENTS," an occasional column starting this month, springs from a question: What is an American theatre? This question ignites many others: How does a theatre embody the genius of its founders, its artists, its audience? How does it live in its community and place? How do artistic and human values get expressed in a theatre's organizational structure? Are theatres meant to last, or are they ephemeral, passing reflections of a moment in history? How can the life of one theatre inspire and influence others? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Antecedents" ...
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