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Mar 26, 2017 · A leading theatre owner at the turn of the twentieth century, Tony Pastor (1837–1908) was especially influential in the fields of variety and vaudeville. Among his most notable efforts was his success in catering to mixed-gender audiences.
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Antonio Pastor (May 28, 1837 – August 26, 1908) was an American impresario, variety performer and theatre owner who became one of the founding forces behind American vaudeville in the mid-to-late-nineteenth century. He was sometimes referred to as the "Dean of Vaudeville".
Tony Pastor was an American impresario, variety performer and theatre owner who became one of the founding forces behind American vaudeville in the mid- to late-nineteenth century.
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Dec 18, 2014 · The Yiddish Theater District was the center of New York City’s Yiddish life in the early 20 th century. Located in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the District was within the neighborhood of Jewish immigrants. The District was home of many plays, operas, shows and comedies.
Tony Pastor's, as it came to be known, played variety shows until 1908. It was the most popular New York theatre of the 1880s, paving the way for the theatrical ventures of the impresarios B. F. Keith and Oscar Hammerstein, but by the first years of the twentieth century theatergoers had gone northward to venues in Times Square.
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Tony Pastor (born May 28, 1837, New York, New York, U.S.—died August 26, 1908, Elmhurst, New York) was an American impresario and comic singer, considered the father of vaudeville in the United States.
