Roxy Theatre (New York City) founder continued at Radio City Music Hall into the 1970s. Radio City's lavish Christmas stage show, created in 1933 by the Roxy's former producer and choreographer, Leon Leonidoff and Russell Markert, continues to this day as the "Radio City Christmas Spectacular". The Music Hall itself was saved from demolition by a consortium of preservation and commercial interests in 1979 and it remains one of New York's entertainment landmarks. Its restored interior includes the lavish art deco offices created for "Roxy" Rothafel, preserved partly as a tribute to the visionary showman. Roxy Theatre (New York City) The Roxy Theatre was a
Radio City Music Hall taped a live stage show, called "Barney Live in New York City" at the theater. In February 1998, Radio City Music Hall was a setting for the "Sesame Street" music special "Elmopalooza", with Jon Stewart, David Alan Grier and others with the cast of "Sesame Street" and the Muppets. In October 2001, the concert "" was simulcast live from the theater on The WB and TNT. The concert had been delayed following the September 11 attacks the month before. Radio City Music Hall was also the site for "Jeopardy!"'s 4,000th episode in May 2002, at which time the show's Million