The Theatre Museum Presents BROOKLYN SEES STARS 11/16-12/18

The Theatre Museum presents the exhibition Brooklyn Sees Stars at the LIU Campus Library November 16 -December 18, 2009

"Fantastic....What a great history of Brooklyn's part in the theater and entertainment industry."
-Ron Schweiger, Brooklyn Borough Historian

The Theatre Museum is pleased to announce that it will be transferring its popular exhibition Brooklyn Sees Stars (which was on view earlier this year at the Brooklyn Public Library) to the Brooklyn Campus of Long Island University from November 16 through December 18.

Curated by architectural historian Craig Morrison, the exhibition paints a portrait of Brooklyn's thriving theatre scene from the late 19th century through the first half of the 20th - a time when the biggest stage and screen stars made Brooklyn theatres a major stop on their pre- and post-Broadway tours. The exhibition includes panels displaying images of historic theatres, playbills, programs, production photographs, and artifacts of Brooklyn's colorful theatrical history.

Founded in 2003, The Theatre Museum is New York State's first and only chartered, non-profit museum dedicated to the history of theatre. The Museum's programs include community outreach, education programs and the annual Theatre Museum Awards for Excellence Ceremony. The museum's primary mission is to preserve, protect and perpetuate the legacy of theatre through innovative programming. It currently functions as a museum-at-large while looking for permanent gallery space. To learn more about the Theatre Museum, please visit http://www.thetheatremuseum.org/.

Directions: LIU Brooklyn Campus is located at One University Plaza, at the corner of Flatbush and DeKalb Avenues in downtown Brooklyn. By subway, take the B, M, Q, or R to DeKalb Avenue or 2, 3, 4, 5 to Nevins Street. The Resnick Gallery is on the third floor of the Library Learning Center.