Performing Arts
Title
Performing Arts
Subject
Theatre, dance, popular celebrations, performance art, and related matters.
Description
Images and information about theatre, dance, popular celebrations, performance art, and related matters.
Collection Items
The late theatre in Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Destroy'd by Fire in 1820
The first Chestnut Street Theater, built in 1791 and remodeled by Benjamin Latrobe in 1805, stood at the NW corner of 6th and Chestnut Streets. Originally called the New Theatre, it was built for the acting company of Thomas Wignell and Alexander…