At the Lexington Opera House: A Scrapbook 1887-2026

By Kevin Lane Dearinger

An illustrated history of the Lexington Opera House in Lexington, Kentucky. Since its opening in 1887, the Opera House has welcomed many of the greatest entertainers, including Sarah Bernhardt, W. C. Fields, Carol Channing, Julie Harris, Maude Adams, Will Rogers, Josephine Baker, Al Jolson, Fanny Brice, Bert Williams, Fred and Adele Astaire, Eubie Blake, and Ethel Barrymore. Its stage has hosted Shakespeare's plays, burlesques, light operas, grand operas, farces, musicals, melodramas, and spectacles, including Ben-Hur with an onstage chariot race featuring live horses. After a period of neglect in the mid-twentieth century, the theatre was revived as a cultural hub for the performing arts in Lexington, and continues today to offer a rich mix of theatre, dance, music, and comedy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GS47PRGG
• ISBN13: 9798317832513
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Length: 308 Pages
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 11.0"