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...that the Bardavon 1869 Opera House in Poughkeepsie (pictured) is the oldest continuously operating theater in New York State?
...that Elvira Popescu, an actress, theatre director, and recipient of the Légion d'honneur, was one of four women who inspired Henri Matisse's painting La Blouse Roumaine?
...that the modern meaning of "ballad", a slow, sentimental tune or love song, often written in a fairly standardized form, came about from Tin Pan Alley and Broadway composers?

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