Sneak peak at the almost finished Kings Theatre

[SNAFU]

Posted: 9/18/14 at 12:48pm

Wow! I am so glad they restored this! Going to be a nice additio to Brooklyn's growing theatre community.

http://observer.com/2014/09/inside-the-nearly-restored-kings-theater/#slide0

[Melissa25]

Posted: 9/18/14 at 1:27pm

Wow. This looks amazing. So glad they are restoring the Kings theater which is about 3 blocks away from Erasmus High School. I bet some of these past Erasmus students hung out at the Kings Theater.

Betty Comden, (1933); playwright; Broadway musical songwriter with Adolph Green.
Neil Diamond, attended Erasmus from 1954–56; singer/songwriter.
Bobby Fischer (dropped out in 1960); chess champion.
Susan Hayward (Edythe Marrenner), (1935); Oscar-winning actress
Lainie Kazan (Lainie Levine), (1956); actress and singer
Dorothy Kilgallen (1932); journalist and TV celebrity.
Bernie Kopell (1953); actor
Stephanie Mills, (1975); actress/singer.
Don Most (1970); actor
Beverly Sills (Belle Miriam Silverman), coloratura opera singer, attended Erasmus in the mid-1940s and transferred before graduating.
Mickey Spillane (Morrison Spillane) (1936); author of detective and mystery fiction.
Barbara Stanwyck (c. 1922); stage and screen actress, dancer.
Barbra Streisand (Barbara Joan Streisand) (1959); actress, singer, director, producer.
Eli Wallach, (1932); actor.
Mae West (Mary Jane West) (1911); actress, comedienne, playwright.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 9/20/14 at 2:38pm

Gorg. Can't wait to see what goes into the space.