Hammerstein's Opera House, Part Two

Adventures in Theater History: Philadelphia

February 1909: The opera "Salome" at Oscar Hammerstein's new Philadelphia Opera House needed to be stopped, as a matter of public decency, declared hundreds of clergymen and civic leaders.

Meanwhile, the impresario himself was threatening to take his newly-founded opera company back to New York, and set up the enormous theater as a vaudeville house instead! What was going on?
This is the second part of three-part series on the impresario Oscar Hammerstein and his venture into the Philadelphia theater world. For additional images and information, see the blog post on our website: https://www.aithpodcast.com/blog/salome-was-a-dancer/

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