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Kiralfy Bros Grand Production, Black Crook black http://www.clipartx.com/black-Pictures/kiralfy-bros-grand-production-black-crook-226034

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Imre Kiralfy S Grand Historic Spectacle, Venice, The Bride Of The Sea At Olympia sea http://www.clipartx.com/sea-Pictures/imre-kiralfy-s-grand-historic-spectacle-venice-the-bride-of-the-sea-at-olympia-364989

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Kiralfy Bro S. Michael Strogoff people http://www.clipartx.com/people-Clipart/kiralfy-bro-s-michael-strogoff--148453

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Imre Kiralfy S Gigantic Aquatic Historical Spectacle, Venice, The Bride Of The Sea At Olympia sea http://www.clipartx.com/sea-Clipart/imre-kiralfy-s-gigantic-aquatic-historical-spectacle-venice-the-bride-of-the-sea-at-olympia-175734

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Imre Kiralfy S Grand Realistic Production, Venice, Bride Of The Sea At Olympia sea http://www.clipartx.com/sea-Pictures/imre-kiralfy-s-grand-realistic-production-venice-bride-of-the-sea-at-olympia-364982

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ThrowbackThursday @mpdsf

On January 14, 1889, Imre Kiralfy’s new production of The Black Crook opened at the Grand Opera House in San Francisco.  The Black Crook, often considered the first American musical, legitimized the exposed-leg chorus line when it opened at Niblo’s Garden in New York in 1866 and ran for 475 performances, making it the most successful Broadway production up to that time. The year after its New York opening, the show played San Francisco and was regularly revived in the city over the next forty years. One season The Black Crook, The Black Rook, and The Black Hook with a Crook ran simultaneously.

Photograph of the Demon from The Black Crook by J. P. Haseltine. From the collection of the Museum of Performance + Design.