At This Theatre

Theatregoers' favorite history of Broadway is back in an updated and expanded 2010 edition including more than 500 color production photos vintage archival photos and EPlaybillE covers from all forty currently operating Broadway theatres. Thirty-eight of the original chapters have been expanded to cover all the shows that have opened in the ten years since the popular 2000 edition with two new chapters added to include Broadway theatres recently refurbished and returned to life.THThis unique chronicle is the first work to present a detailed theatre-by-theatre roundup of players and productions that have enchanted audiences at Broadway's great playhouses from 1900 to 2010.THThe work is an expanded treatment of At This Theatre the popular feature in Playbill's Broadway theatre programs. At This Theatre offers playgoers instant nostalgia by listing notable hits (and some famed fiascos) that have played through the years in the theatre that they are attending. The book also pays tribute to the distinguished impresarios who built and managed these houses and the brilliant architects and interior designers who created them.THThe original 1984 edition was created by EPlaybillE senior editor Louis Botto. Botto worked with editor Robert Viagas on the 2000 update. With the third edition Botto has passed the author torch to Viagas who founded Playbill.com and the acclaimed EPlaybill Broadway YearbookE series and who has written the updates in Botto's style.