Opera house undergoes $18M renovation in its 150th year
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
NEWPORT, R.I. -- In its heyday, the stage at Newport's Opera House hosted everything from performances of vaudeville and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show to appearances by abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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