Showtime in Tacoma: Featuring Essays by Murray Morgan

Showtime in Tacoma: Featuring Essays by Murray Morgan
ISBN-10
0984623477
ISBN-13
9780984623471
Category
Amusements
Pages
244
Language
English
Published
2017-09-07
Authors
Blaine Johnson, Brian G. Kamens

Description

Showtime in Tacoma, by Blaine Johnson and Tacoma Public Library¿s Brian Kamens, covers the theaters, venues, performances and events that have attracted audiences to more than a century¿s worth of memorable experiences in the city of Tacoma, Washington. ¿This is the story of what and where we watched, what we lost and, most significantly, how these deep-seated roots anchor a dynamic new era in Tacoma¿s colorful cultural history.¿ Over 150 theater names have graced the marquees of Tacoma, bringing a wide variety of performers and entertainment through an array of changing technology, while serving as gathering places for Tacoma¿s growing sense of community and place.Showtime in Tacoma is loaded with historic details and lively tales, including a dozen essays by the late historian Murray Morgan. Showtime in Tacoma represents the history of Tacoma¿s theaters, the Theater District as Tacoma¿s historic gathering place, prominent performance organizations such as the Tacoma Little Theater, Tacoma¿s H.C. Weaver Studios, and highlighted performers. Content includes nearly a dozen major articles by historian Murray Morgan, and extensive coverage by Steph Farber and Phyllis Harrison of the restoration of Tacoma's Pantages Theater in the early eighties.

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