The Hippodrome Theatre, which stood in New York between 1905 and 1939, was reputedly the world's largest theatre. State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th) - Land 122,409 km² - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Theatre is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle — indeed any one or more elements of the other performing arts. ...
Designed by renowned theatre architect Thomas Lamb for the local exhibitors Pearce and Scheck, it was the largest theatre south of New York City at the time and would remain the largest in Baltimore until the opening of the Stanley Theatre in 1927.
In 1963 the theatre was selected to house the regional premiere of "Cleopatra." Though a prestigious move for the now-aging theatre it proved damaging.
In 1969 the Hippodrome would have its last gasp of glory, at least for a while, with the world premiere of "Slaves." By this time, the downtown area had begun to disintegrate badly, and audiences were hard to come by.
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