October 26, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The
Theatre
Museum
presents the exhibition
Brooklyn
Sees Stars
at the LIU Campus Library
November 16 –
December 18, 2009
“Fantastic….What a great history of
Brooklyn
's part in the theater and entertainment
industry.”
-Ron
Schweiger,
Brooklyn
Borough Historian
The
Theatre
Museum
is pleased to announce that it will
be transferring its popular exhibition Brooklyn Sees Stars (which was on
view earlier this year at the Brooklyn Public Library) to the Brooklyn
Campus of Long Island University from November 16 through December 18.
Curated by architectural historian Craig Morrison, the
exhibition paints a portrait of Brooklyn’s thriving theatre scene from the late
19th century through the first half of the 20th – a time
when the biggest stage and screen stars made Brooklyn theatres a major stop on
their pre- and post-Broadway tours. The exhibition includes panels displaying
images of historic theatres, playbills, programs, production photographs, and
artifacts of
Brooklyn
’s colorful theatrical
history.
Founded in 2003, The Theatre Museum is
New York
State
's first and only chartered,
non-profit museum dedicated to the history of theatre. The Museum's programs
include community outreach, education programs and the annual Theatre Museum
Awards for Excellence Ceremony. The museum's primary mission is to preserve,
protect and perpetuate the legacy of theatre through innovative programming. It
currently functions as a museum-at-large while looking for permanent gallery
space. To learn more about the
Theatre
Museum
, please visit www.thetheatremuseum.org.
Directions: LIU Brooklyn Campus is located at
One
University
Plaza
, at the corner of Flatbush and DeKalb Avenues in downtown
Brooklyn
. By subway, take the B, M, Q, or R to
DeKalb
Avenue
or 2, 3, 4, 5 to
Nevins
Street
. The Resnick Gallery is on the third
floor of the
Library
Learning
Center
.
For more information contact Nancy Grove, director of the
visual arts dept, LIU Brooklyn Campus at: 718-488-1198 or Nancy.grove@LIU.edu
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“Brooklyn Sees Stars” is a depiction of Brooklyn’s thriving theatre scene in the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, when the biggest stage and screen stars made Brooklyn theatres a major stop for both pre- and post-Broadway tours. 
