I uploaded 13 more Rochester area theater programs:

• Program for “The Philadelphia Story” starring Katharine Hepburn; Oct. 7 & 8, 1940.
• Program for “Hold On To Your Hats” starring Al Jolson; Oct. 27 – 29, 1941.
• Program for “As You Like It” starring Katharine Hepburn; March 2 & 3, 1951.
• Program for a performance at the Eastman Theatre; Feb. 7 & 8, 1941 of the opera “La Tosca”.
• Program for an Eastman Theatre Concert; March 29, 1943 featuring soprano Lily Pons.
• Program for a performance at the Eastman Theatre; Feb. 11 & 12, 1944 of the Von Flatow opera “Martha”.
• Program for an Eastman Theatre Concert; May 2, 1944 featuring Nelson Eddy.
• Program for a performance at the Eastman Theatre; Oct. 13 & 14, 1944 of the opera “The Gypsey Baron” by The New York Opera Company.
• Program for an Eastman Theatre Concert; Dec. 8, 1944 featuring soprano Lily Pons.
• Program for a performance at the Eastman Theatre; Jan. 8, 1945 of the opera “Porgy and Bess”.
• Program for a performance at the Eastman Theatre; Jan. 11, 1945 of the Argentinita Dancers.
• Program for “The Songsters 25th Anniversary Diner-Dance” at Logan’s Party House, Rochester, NY; March 14, 1972.
• Program for “The Merry Widow” presented by The Opera Theatre of Rochester at Roberts Wesleyan College, Division of Fine Arts, Chili, NY; Feb. 28, 1975.

Katharine Hepburn did the play “The Philadelphia Story” a year before she did a movie of the same name. The picture is of Katharine in “As You Like It.”

La Argentinita (real name: Encarnación López Júlvez), a dancer, died just 8 months after appearing in Rochester.

Nelson Eddy gave a performance in 1944. Let me tell you my connection to him. My grandmother Jocelia (Buell) Halsey had a brother Theodore Buell that was a manager for Broadway and traveling shows. He married a soprano singer named Estella Birney that toured in various shows for about 10 years. The last show she was in, “The Magic Ring,” had another soprano; Jeanette MacDonald (I have a picture with both of them). Jeanette MacDonald went to Hollywood and was in 8 movies with Nelson Eddy.

I have a web page with a lot more theater programs.