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Gary was a great salesman and was able to convince the bank to allow him to rent the old hall and operate it as the world’s first dinner theatre. It opened as the Meadowbrook Dinner Theatre in the fall of 1959. The Meadowbrook was a full union operation; Actor’s Equity, union stage hands, union musicians and kitchen, bartender and wait staff.
5 days ago · Take a dollop of Grease, mix in some Pump Boys and Dinettes, and add a generous dose of Forever Plaid and you’ve got the high-octane fun of Route 66! Beginning with the sounds of 1950s Chicago and traveling along the ‘Main Street of America’ to the California coast with the surf music of the 1960s, this exciting musical revue features 34 ...
Lou Walters. Louis Edward Walters [1] (January 26, 1894 – August 15, 1977) was a British-born American booking agent, theatrical producer and the founder of the famed Latin Quarter nightclub in New York. He was the father of journalist Barbara Walters .
- Booking agent, producer, nightclub founder
- August 15, 1977 (aged 83), Miami, Florida, U.S.
- 1910s–1965
Lou Walters’ World Famous Latin Quarter nightclub was internationally known in its day. Walters, the impresario of its three locations, was known to host some of the most lavish live productions in the business where the everyday guy and gal rubbed elbows with famous clientele over dinner and cocktails, while taking in the biggest headliners ...
February 23, 2024. Category: 1940s 1950s 1960s Broadway history Cabaret theatre Choreography Comedy Dance Lou Walters' World Famous Latin Quarter Mid-20th Century culture New York history Nightclub Era Performing Arts Supper club history Theatre Variety Television. Tags: dancer's life, Forgotten nightclubs, Miami nightclub history, New York ...
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Posts tagged Lou Walters The Latin Quarter Social Club, 2019 Live entertainment enjoyed a great high in the United States from vaudeville of the late 1800’s to the rise of the Cafe Society following the end of Prohibition in the early 1930s. The mid-20th Century represents the beginning-of-the-end of this particular social tradition.
