The Music Went 'Round and Around: The Story of Musicarnival

by John E. Vacha

Overview

Spotting a trend in the early 1950s of staging summer theater in the round under tents, Clevelander John L. Price Jr. decided to give it a try. Price opened his Musicarnival in the summer of 1954 with a production of Oklahoma! His Venture was one of the last commercial legitimate theaters established in Cleveland. In its heyday Musicarnival presented an average of eight to ten shows each summer, with the backbone of its repertoire consisting of such classics as Carousel; Kiss Me Kate; Wonderful Town; Fanny; Paint Your Wagon; and The Unsinkable Molly Brown. This is the first book in the Cleveland Theater Series.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781612773940
Publisher:	Kent State University Press
Publication date:	07/19/2004
Series:	Cleveland Theater
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	148
File size:	496 KB

About the Author

John Vacha received the Herrick Memorial Award from the Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve, given in recognition of his theatrical history, Showtime in Cleveland (Kent State University Press, 2001). He has also written From Broadway to Cleveland: The History of the Hanna Theatre in the Cleveland Theater Series published by Kent State University Press.