12 oct. 1971 - Smthythe Rivington All-Stars

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he optimistically titled Rivington All-Star Showcase was planned for fall 1971 at the Smythe Theater, a grand and ornate venue that had struggled in recent years due to its inconvenient location on Forty-Fifth Street and Eleventh Avenue. The space exuded old-style elegance, with full orchestra seating, a balcony level, and private boxes draped in burgundy velvet curtains. In an attempt to revive the Smythe’s prospects, the owners had recently expanded its offerings from traditional theater productions to popular music, and they welcomed the business of concert promoters. But in the frigid and snowy months, the theater’s distance from a subway station meant that foot traffic, crucial to any such event, was limited; by the time warmer weather finally arrived, competing music venues in better locations had emerged as the more viable options

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