Monday, December 03, 2012

From Chic Silber #1


Coliseum Christmas Circus

Dave mentioned this Christmas show from 62 - 63.

7 comments:

Chic Silber said...


I was told that Brenda McClosky

was the model for this cover girl

(or at least the inspiration)

Ole Whitey said...

The Coliseum had another circus the following December without Beatty-Cole.

They had Tommy Hanneford's riding act, also Struppi as Tajana, Lottie Brunn, Sanger's Riding School (wasn't that Lucio?), the Flying Artons, Norbu and Maddelena Zacchini to close.

Chic: Did the Coliseum do this other years? Wasn't it primarily a trade show venue?

Chic Silber said...


Yup Dave it was New York's primary

convention & trade show facility

until the completion of the Jacob

Javits Center that was built where

the west side yard tracks were

The train used to park there which

was really handy for the Garden

Tommy Clark made friends with the

honchos of IA local 829 Exhibition

Employees while he was there & got

a card in that local & when he was

ready to leave the Beatty Show he

spent many years in that building

Incidentally that local has taken

in Billers & Billposters

Chic Silber said...


Ixnay on the 2nd year Dave I just

checked with the "source" & Kenny

said it was only the 62 Christmas

(that's kinda what I remembered)

Ole Whitey said...

That's interesting. Our local #1 of the old IABBP&D was in New York but that was then and this is now.

Chic Silber said...


There have been quite a few locals

that have been consolidated over

the past few years Dave such as the

NY Operators (projectionists) local

306 has taken in ushers & front of

house staff & the whole Southeast

coast of Florida has become 1 mixed

local 500 but "Local One" AKA

Theatrical Protective Union #1

remains alone in it's mission as

Broadway Stagehands

Chic Silber said...


NY Local 829 is now designated as

EE/BPBD as in Exhibition Employees

Bill Posters Billers & Distributors