File:Apollo Theatre (42nd Street) and Times Square Theatre.jpg

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English: Looking north on 42nd Street.

The marquee announces Florence Reed in The Mirage, the play which opened the theater; it ran from September 30, 1920 to March 12, 1921.[1][2]

The Apollo Theatre did not open until November 17, 1920.[3]

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  1. ↑ Woollcott, Alexander. "The Play" The New York Times (October 1, 1920) (review of The Mirage)
  2. ↑ "Theatrical Notes" The New York Times (March 2, 1921) paragraph 5 (The Mirage to end run March 12.)
  3. ↑ "Jimmie Opens the Apollo" The New York Times (November 18, 1920)
Date Published December 1920
Source "Times Square and Apollo Theatres, West 42nd Street, New York City" Architecture and Building Vol. 52 No. 12 (December 1920) Plate 143. Online at Google Books.
Author Eugene De Rosa, architect
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