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
Canterbury Hall (New York City) Canterbury Hall (New York City) Canterbury Hall was an edifice located at 663 Broadway in the 19th century. It was used for entertainment and political meetings. It was a three-story building where bawdy "concerts" took place. The building had a front of 40 feet and a depth of 125 feet. Often called Mozart Hall, it was also a gathering place of anti-Tammany Hall political forces in New York City. Fernando Wood, New York Mayor and Congressman, founded the organization. The edifice burned entirely in the early morning hours of March 24, 1861. Proceedings at the venue were frowned upon by