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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Koster and Bial’s Music Hall, New York City canonical | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
entertainment venue
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music hall ⓘ vaudeville theater ⓘ |
| architecturalType | theater building ⓘ |
| audienceType | mass entertainment audience ⓘ |
| category |
Former theatres in New York City
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Theatres in Manhattan ⓘ Vaudeville theaters ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| culturalContext | popular entertainment in the Gilded Age ⓘ |
| demolished | early 20th century ⓘ |
| era | late 19th century ⓘ |
| genre |
music hall entertainment
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variety entertainment ⓘ vaudeville ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English (primary performance language) ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfPerformance |
comedy acts
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dance acts ⓘ musical performances ⓘ novelty acts ⓘ short dramatic sketches ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early motion picture exhibitions
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hosting popular entertainers of the late 19th century ⓘ variety acts ⓘ vaudeville shows ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Manhattan
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New York City ⓘ Times Square ⓘ
surface form:
Times Square area
|
| locatedInTime |
late 19th-century New York
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surface form:
Gilded Age New York
|
| namedAfter |
Adam Bial
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John Koster ⓘ |
| opened | 1893 ⓘ |
| operator | Koster and Bial ⓘ |
| partOf |
Broadway Theatre District
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surface form:
New York City theater district (historical)
|
| significance |
important venue in the development of American vaudeville
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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
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motion picture exhibition ⓘ |
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Subject: Koster and Bial’s Music Hall, New York City Description of subject: 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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