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The First Nighter Program was a long-running radio anthology comedy-drama series broadcast from November 27, 1930, to September 27, 1953. The host was Mr. First Nighter (Charles P. Hughes, Macdonald...
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The First Nighter Program was a long-running radio anthology comedy-drama series broadcast from November 27, 1930, to September 27, 1953. The host was Mr. First Nighter (Charles P. Hughes, Macdonald Carey, Bret Morrison, Marvin Miller, Don Briggs, and Rye Billsbury (later known as Michael Rye).
An article in a 1939 newspaper observed, "First Nighter was the first show to present complete and separate original plays each week."
The show's opening recreated the aural atmosphere of a Broadway opening. Before each week's drama began, Mr. First Nighter was first heard walking on Broadway, emerging from the noise of people and street traffic into the crowded lobby of "the Little Theater Off Times Square" and then taking his seat in the third-row center, where he gave the whispered introduction:
The house lights have dimmed, and the curtain is about to go up on tonight's production.
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An article in a 1939 newspaper observed, "First Nighter was the first show to present complete and separate original plays each week."
The show's opening recreated the aural atmosphere of a Broadway opening. Before each week's drama began, Mr. First Nighter was first heard walking on Broadway, emerging from the noise of people and street traffic into the crowded lobby of "the Little Theater Off Times Square" and then taking his seat in the third-row center, where he gave the whispered introduction:
The house lights have dimmed, and the curtain is about to go up on tonight's production.
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The First Nighter Program was a long-running radio anthology comedy-drama series broadcast from November 27, 1930, to September 27, 1953. The host was Mr. First Nighter (Charles P. Hughes, Macdonald...
show more
The First Nighter Program was a long-running radio anthology comedy-drama series broadcast from November 27, 1930, to September 27, 1953. The host was Mr. First Nighter (Charles P. Hughes, Macdonald Carey, Bret Morrison, Marvin Miller, Don Briggs, and Rye Billsbury (later known as Michael Rye).
An article in a 1939 newspaper observed, "First Nighter was the first show to present complete and separate original plays each week."
The show's opening recreated the aural atmosphere of a Broadway opening. Before each week's drama began, Mr. First Nighter was first heard walking on Broadway, emerging from the noise of people and street traffic into the crowded lobby of "the Little Theater Off Times Square" and then taking his seat in the third-row center, where he gave the whispered introduction:
The house lights have dimmed, and the curtain is about to go up on tonight's production.
show less
An article in a 1939 newspaper observed, "First Nighter was the first show to present complete and separate original plays each week."
The show's opening recreated the aural atmosphere of a Broadway opening. Before each week's drama began, Mr. First Nighter was first heard walking on Broadway, emerging from the noise of people and street traffic into the crowded lobby of "the Little Theater Off Times Square" and then taking his seat in the third-row center, where he gave the whispered introduction:
The house lights have dimmed, and the curtain is about to go up on tonight's production.
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