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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Paul Beisman, 60, longtime manager of St. Louis' American Theater (36 years) and outdoor Municipal Opera (28 years), former president of the Legitimate Independent Theaters of North America; of cancer; in St. Louis. Beisman ran the huge, concrete "Muny" Opera like a ballpark, became an expert on what Variety calls the ozoning end of show business. As manager of the American Theater, Beisman was widely recognized for keeping non-Broadway U.S. theater alive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 3, 1958 | 11/3/1958 | See Source »

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