Showpeople's Committee to Save Radio City Music Hall Showpeople's Committee to Save Radio City Music Hall The Showpeople's Committee To Save Radio City Music Hall was an organization established for the purpose of preventing the closing and demolition of Radio City Music Hall in 1978. On January 7, 1978, two days after Radio City Music Hall President Alton Marshall made the announcement that the iconic Art Deco theater would close on April 12, 1978, Rosemary Novellino, Dance Captain of the Radio City Music Hall Ballet Company, formed the Showpeople's Committee to Save Radio City Music Hall. Motivated by anger, shock and passion for the Music Hall, fellow employees
Showpeople's Committee to Save Radio City Music Hall Committee members of a mountain of signed petitions to the Landmark Commission following Rosemary's speech had a major effect on the outcome of the hearing. Two weeks later, on March 28, Radio City Music Hall was declared a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, giving the theater a 361-day reprieve. Six weeks later, on May 12, 1978, Radio City Music Hall was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Showpeople's Committee to Save Radio City Music Hall The Showpeople's Committee To Save Radio City Music Hall was an organization established for the purpose of preventing the