Mrs. Holman’s Broadway Academy of Music

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Alternate Title(s):
Mrs. H. Holman’s Academy of Music

Comment:
05/23/1864. Late Hope Chapel.

AN: NYC 05/21/64 p. 46 – “Another new place is to be opened on Broadway on the 23rd inst., by Mrs. H. Holman, of the well-known Holman Troupe. The lady has secured a lease of Hope Chapel, which she has improved with new stage, proscenium, etc., and Isherwood and others are now engaged in painting scenery for her. The new establishment will be called ‘Mrs. Holman’s Broadway Academy of Music.’”
AN: NYC 06/18/64, p.78 – “Hope Chapel, lately christened by the Holman Troupe as the Broadway Academy of Music, is advertised in this issue to let, from the 1st of July to October, during the absence of the troupe to Canada. The house, it is said, will hold one thousand persons.”

Opening Date:
23 1864

Capacity:
1,000

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Last Updated:
14 November 2010