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In early 2004, the legendary Hippodrome Theatre was re-cast in its new role as the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center. It is the centerpiece not only of world-class stage performances, but also of Baltimore’s totally revitalized West Side, and having an impact unbounded by geography.
Under the management of Isidor M. Rappaport, which began in 1931, the Hippodrome gained a reputation as a top vaudeville house, presenting such notables as Bob Hope, Jack Benny, Red Skelton, Benny Goodman and his orchestra, Dinah Shore, Martha Raye, Milton Berle, the Andrews Sisters and Morey Amsterdam.
It was in The Hippodrome Theatre that Frank Sinatra first appeared with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and in 1939 with Harry James’ band. Movies were combined with vaudeville entertainment through 1950.
Historybehind the Hippodrome