“The House Beautiful,” The Lafayette Theatre, In Harlem, New York, 1912
The Lafayette Theatre was an entertainment venue located at 132nd Street and 7th Avenue in Harlem, New York that operated from 1912 to 1951.
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Legendary Harlemite Hattie King Reavis, Worked At The Lafayette Theatre, Black Swan Records And More
Hattie King Reavis, also known as H. King Reavis or Hattie Beatrice Reavis, November 18, 1890 – March 12, 1970, was a singer, song writer, and theater performer who lived in Harlem, NY.
The Public Theater And Harlem’s National Black Theatre’s New York Premiere Of FAT HAM
The Public Theater and National Black Theatre (NBT) will begin previews on Thursday, May 12, 2022, for the upcoming New York Premiere of FAT HAM.
New Heritage Theatre Group Presents Complimentary Reading Of “The Dragonfly Tale”
On Monday, October 22, 2018, at 7 pm EST, New Heritage Theatre Group will present a Complimentary Celebrity Staged Reading of Lorey Hayes and Robert Crear’s “The Dragonfly Tale.”
Orson Wells ‘Macbeth’ Lafayette Theater Harlem 1936 (video)
For days, Harlem residents strolling anywhere between Lexington Avenue and Broadway from 125th to 140th Streets had seen the word “Macbeth” for Orson Wells stenciled in glowing paint at every corner.
VOODOO, a Harlem Renaissance Opera At The Miller Theatre In Harlem
Morningside Opera, the NYC-based opera company that most recently presented the acclaimed Here Be Sirens and ¡Figaro! (90210), teams up with Harlem Opera Theater and The Harlem Chamber Players to present a concert of the long-lost and historical opera VOODOO, by African-American composer Harry Lawrence Freeman, with a 30-piece orchestra and full chorus. Gregory Hopkins is the conductor.
Hamilton Theatre in Harlem, 1915
Constructed in 1912-13 as a vaudeville house during one of NewYork’s theater building booms, the Hamilton Theater is located in the Hamilton Heights area of Harlem.
The Lafayette Theater And Harlem’s Tree Of Hope
The Lafayette Theatre The Lafayette Theatre, also known as “the House Beautiful,” was an entertainment venue located at 132nd Street and 7th Avenue in Harlem, New York.
Before The Renaissance, Lexington Avenue And 122nd Street, Harlem, New York, 1912
A great photograph looking west at Lexington Avenue and 122nd Street, Harlem, New York around 1912.
The Legendary Adelaide Louise Hall’s Rich Harlem History, 1901 – 1993 (Audio Video)
Adelaide Louise Hall, 20 October 1901 – 7 November 1993, was a Harlem and UK-based jazz singer and entertainer.
Hubert Harrison, “The Father Of Harlem Radicalism”
Hubert Henry Harrison, April 27, 1883 – December 17, 1927, was a West Indian-American writer, orator, educator, critic, and radical socialist political activist based in Harlem, New York.
Ubangi Club, Harlem, New York, 1934-1937
Gay Harlem writes that the once known Harlem Club and the Harlem Tavern, the speakeasy re-opened as the Ubangi Club in (April) 1934. It was located on 131st Street and 7th Avenue.
Leonard Harper, Harlem, New York 1925
Leonard Harper (born April 9, 1899 in Birmingham, Alabama- died February 4, 1943, Harlem, New York) was a producer /stager/ choreographer in New York City during the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s and 1930s.
Rhum Boogie Club, Harlem, 1943 (video)
A Gordon Parks photo from 1943 shows an establishment called Rhum Boogie somewhere in Central Harlem but not much has been written about this actual establishment.
The Public Theater Announces Casting For Revival Of Hansberry’s A Raisin In The Sun
The Public Theater (Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director and Patrick Willingham, Executive Director) announced casting today for the upcoming revival of A RAISIN IN THE SUN written by Harlem fave Lorraine Hansberry and directed by Tony Award nominee Robert O’Hara.