New York Hippodrome. Postcard image of the famous New York Hippodrome theater. Harry Houdini (Hungarian-American illusionist and stunt performer)    had the longest continuous engagement in one theater of his career here -- 19 weeks -- when he starred in the review Cheer Up! in 1918. The theater closed in 1939. A modern office building now occupies the site at 1120 Avenue of the Americas.
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