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Theatre Historical Society of America celebrates, documents, and promotes the architectural, cultural, and social relevance of America’s historic theatres.
Archives
The collections housed in the American Theatre Architecture Archive (ATAA) are currently home to over 100,000 items documenting over 18,000 theatres in America.
Membership
Support from individuals like you is essential to our success. In gratitude, you’ll receive a host of benefits including four keepsake quality issues of our beautiful, quarterly journal- Marquee®.
Programs
THS produces high quality books and magazines including Marquee®, a quarterly magazine featuring images and materials from our archives, which has been published continuously since 1969.
THS Archive
Raymond K. Shepardson: The Father of Cleveland’s Playhouse Square Foundation
Ray Shepardson (January 13, 1944 – April 14, 2014) was a theatre restoration specialist and theatre operator credited by many with beginning the…
Restoring the Glory of the Oakland Paramount Theatre: The Ladies Smoking Lounge
In the last “Smokin’” issue of Marquee (Volume 50 Number1), we shared a 1932 Photo of the Ladies Smoking Lounge….
Archiving the historic Embassy Theatre – Ft. Wayne, Indiana
This exciting text appeared in the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel for 14 May 1928 in a large advertisement featuring a fanciful…
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E
This past week I stumbled across a folder related to Mickey Mouse while working on a research request for someone. …
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