88th Anniversary of Radio City Music Hall & Rosie Novellino-Mearns (12/27/2020)

Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue at 1260 Avenue of the Americas, within Rockefeller Center, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Nicknamed the Showplace of the Nation, it is the headquarters for the Rockettes, the precision dance company. It opened on December 27, 1932, as part of the construction of Rockefeller Center. The 5,960-seat Music Hall was the larger of two venues built for Rockefeller Center's "Radio City" section, the other being Center Theatre. It was largely successful until the 1970s, when declining patronage nearly drove the Music Hall to bankruptcy. Join us when Rosemary Novellino-Mearns, former member of the Radio City Music Hall Ballet Company and Dance Captain, and author of "Saving Radio City Music Hall: A Dancer's True Story," shares her delightful, informative, and true story of saving Radio City Music Hall. Rosie headed the group that took on the money interests that had decided to demolish the classic Art Deco masterpiece and one of New York City's premiere tourist attractions. https://www.amazon.com/SAVING-RADIO-CITY-MUSIC-HALL-ebook/dp/B016CMON7K https://www.facebook.com/rosie.novellinomearns https://craighill.net/2012/12/27/december-27-1932-radio-city-music-hall-opens https://www.facebook.com/SavingRadioCityMusicHall/