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Article: These Walls: Brady Theater in Tulsa
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- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- August 7, 2009
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When it comes to celebrated histories, no Oklahoma building
claims such legendary status as Tulsa's Brady Theater.
Its star performances equal those of any stage built over the
last 100 years - from George M. Cohan to Bill Cosby, the Marx
Brothers to Elvis, Enrico Caruso to Henry Fonda, Will Rogers to B.B.
King, Bob Hope to Buddy Holly, Isadora Duncan to Benny Goodman, Al
Jolson to U2.
But unlike many other venues, the Brady's legacy stretches far
beyond celebrity. While the theater's construction registered as
something of a marvel, as might be expected of early oil-wealth
dreams, its position at 105 W. Brady St. put the brick, stone and
steel hulk at the center of Tulsa's deepest ...