Pantomime traditions, especially "Peter Pan", are performed quite often, and a few American theatre companies produce traditional British-style pantomime as well as American adaptations of the form. According to Professor Russell A. Peck of the University of Rochester, the earliest pantomime productions in the US were "Cinderella" pantomime productions in New York in March 1808, New York again in August 1808, Philadelphia in 1824, and Baltimore in 1839. A production at Olympic Theatre in New York of "Humpty Dumpty" ran for at least 943 performances between 1868 and 1873, (one source says 1,200 performances), becoming the longest-running pantomime in history. In
Yerevan State Pantomime Theatre genre in general. Nevertheless, a most important problem remained unsolved. The problem of a necessary territory for the unobstructed and uninterrupted activities of the Theatre was solved partly. For a theatre that has a repertory and does not have a territory it is extremely difficult to plan further activities. Even not having necessary working conditions, the theatre went on with its triumph: performances, tours, festivals. As a result of researches of roots of Armenian pantomime experiences were realized in order to find new expressive ways of presentation. And one remarkable example of such an experience is especially actor Levon Ivanyan’s