Koster and Bial’s Music Hall, New York City

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Koster and Bial’s Music Hall in New York City was a prominent late-19th-century vaudeville theater known for hosting early motion picture exhibitions and popular variety entertainment.

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Koster and Bial’s Music Hall, New York City canonical 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf entertainment venue
music hall
vaudeville theater
architecturalType theater building
audienceType mass entertainment audience
category Former theatres in New York City
Theatres in Manhattan
Vaudeville theaters
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalContext popular entertainment in the Gilded Age
demolished early 20th century
era late 19th century
genre music hall entertainment
variety entertainment
vaudeville
hasLanguage English (primary performance language)
hasTypeOfPerformance comedy acts
dance acts
musical performances
novelty acts
short dramatic sketches
knownFor early motion picture exhibitions
hosting popular entertainers of the late 19th century
variety acts
vaudeville shows
locatedIn Manhattan
New York City
Times Square
surface form: Times Square area
locatedInTime late 19th-century New York
surface form: Gilded Age New York
namedAfter Adam Bial
John Koster
opened 1893
operator Koster and Bial
partOf Broadway Theatre District
surface form: New York City theater district (historical)
significance important venue in the development of American vaudeville
one of the best-known New York City music halls of its time
site of early public film screenings in New York City
state New York
status defunct
streetAddress 34th Street and Broadway, New York City
usedFor live performance
motion picture exhibition

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Vitascope firstPublicExhibitionPlace Koster and Bial’s Music Hall, New York City