Today I visited the Tarrytown Music Hall where we will be presenting The Nutcracker with Scarsdale Ballet on December 21, 2021. Guest artist Abi Stafford, who just gave her farewell performance as principal with the New York City Ballet, will dance the Sugar Plum Fairy.
A little background on this beautiful theater:
Built in 1885 by chocolate magnate William L Wallace, the Music Hall was one of the first theaters to show silent films in 1901 and continued to be a multi-use facility (balls, basket ball games, concerts, films, flower shows, horse shows, rollerskating tournaments) while also being the venue for several national causes including women’s suffrage in 1915. Irving Berlin, Antonin Dvorak, Rafael Jossefy, Theodore Roosevelt, Mae West and Woodrow Wilson are among the first performers and speakers to grace the Music Hall stage.
Listed on the National Register for Historic Places, the Music Hall is the oldest theater in Westchester and one of the finest examples of Queen Anne decorative brickwork in the county. Only 6% of existing American theaters were built before 1900 and the Music Hall is one of them.
The Music Hall has welcomed notable performers to its stage: Joshua Bell, Tony Bennett, Jon Bon Jovi, David Byrne, Judy Collins, Emmy Lou Harris, Norah Jones, BB King, Kris Kristofferson, Lyle Lovett, Loretta Lynn, Wynton Marsalis, Natalie Merchant, Bonnie Raitt, Chita Rivera, Pete Seeger, The Indigo Girls, and The Mavericks to name very few. In 1985, actress Ginger Rogers directed the musical Babes In Arms starring Karen Ziemba.
(extract from the tarrytownmusichall.org website)