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THE BLACK CROOK 1st Broadway Musical Niblo's Garden Advertisement 1866 Newspaper

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Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 15, 1866   * "The Black Crook" 1st week advertisement * Very first musical theatre performance of the first ever modern day musical! * Niblo's Garden - Broadway - New York City Although an inconspicuous listing on page 7, the advertisement for the Broadway production of "The Black Crook" is quite significant. As Wikipedia notes: "Its significance is being considered the first piece of musical theater that conforms to the modern notion of a "book musical" The book is by Charles M. Barras, an American playwright. The music is mostly adaptations, but some new songs were composed for the piece. It opened on September 12, 1866 at Niblo's Garden on Broadway, New York City and ran for a record-breaking... See More  

Early MARK TWAIN Samuel Clemens' Clipper "Hornet" Report w/ PRINT 1866 Newspaper

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Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Sept. 29, 1866  * Early Mark Twain - Samuel Clemens * Clipper "Hornet" disaster report * First national headline for Twain The most notable content would be the full page print: "Burning of the California Clipper 'Hornet', One Thousand Miles from Land" not so much for the print but for the accompanying article titled: "Burning of the Clipper 'Hornet' ". Another source notes that Mark Twain was in Hawaii at the time the boat of survivors arrived and he reported on the event, interviewing several survivors, a story that this issue of Harper's Weekly published with the illustration giving Twain his first national headline. There is no mention of Twain in the printed article or the caption of t... See More  

3 THE BLACK CROOK 1st Broadway Musical Niblo's Garden PREMIERES 1866 Newspapers

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Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: NEW YORK TIMES, September 11, 12 & 13, 1866 * "The Black Crook" opening premiere * Very first musical theatre performance of the first ever modern day musical! * Niblo's Garden - Broadway - New York City A terrific and very historic trio of newspapers relating to the first theatrical musical, "The Black Crook". As Wikipedia notes: "Its significance is being considered the first piece of musical theater that conforms to the modern notion of a "book musical". The book is by Charles M. Barras, an American playwright. The music is mostly adaptations, but some new songs were composed for the piece. It opened on September 12, 1866 at Niblo's Garden on Broadway, New York City and ran for a record-breaking 474 performances. T... See More