Now the entire collection fills more than linear feet of shelf space in the library. A quick recap of some important Kansas City history: The Folly opened in as the Standard Theater and had a thirty-year run of respectable performances β vaudeville and the like, then classic plays after famed New York City theater producers the Shubert Brothers bought the building in A casualty of the Great Depression, the building was auctioned for back taxes in The building appeared destined to become a parking lot but preservationists prevailed; today the Folly is once again a high-culture landmark.
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