The Grand Theatre is located at 255 Grand Street at Chrystie Street. Antonio Maiori put on Theatre there after he left the Teatro Italian-Drammatico Nazionale. Later years, other Italian American stars would appear here such as Eduardo Migliaccio in 1929, Eduardo where you can find his biography in the Classic Italian Page. Antonio Ferrara and Tony Bacarozi also collaborated on Italian Opera Production at the Grand Theatre.
In 1903 and 1904, under Maiori and Rapone, 138 Broadway was called the Generic Teatro Italiano. The company of Franceso Vela and Enrico Costantini also played there in 1903, as did the amateur group circoloco bellini in 1904. The Drammatico Nazionale closed operations in 1904 to implement alterations to correspond to the new city fire regulations. The Drammatico was supposed to open in a week due to a fire issue but Maiori didn’t preform again for a month. Not long after Maiori put on his last shows at the theatre for reasons unknown. It is mentioned that the Chinese Musical and Theatrical association occupies the building.
190 Grand Street. Antonio Maiori and Concetta Arcamone resided at 190 Grand Street Between Mott and Mulberry streets in 1902. Giuseppe Maiori the photographer/ actor took many pictures of the Maiori family but of other stars of the Italian immigrant theater and vaudeville. The Maiori family lived there for most of their lives, Maiori a popular Italian Immigrant name in Italian Theatre tradition.
The Brooklyn Concert Hall
Throughout the efforts of Franceso De Maio, The company rented the Brooklyn Athenaeum Theatre on the Corner of Clinton St, St james and Atlantic Avenue for 35$ and opened to great success on monday November 25th 1889. Since the majoritity of South Brooklyn’s Italians orginated from Naples and Sicily, the newly formed Troupe produced a comedy in the Neopolitan dialect, Lu Retuorno Da Buenos Aires (The Return from Buenos Aires) by G.Maruilli.