Radio City Music Hall
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Radio City Music Hall is the largest indoor theater in the world. Most famous as the home of the legendary Rockettes, Radio City Music Hall has also hosted some of the world’s greatest entertainers on its Great Stage. More than 300 million people have come to the Music Hall to enjoy stage shows, movies, concerts and special events The Great Stage, measuring 66.5 feet (20 m) deep and 144 feet (44 m) wide, resembles a setting sun. Its system of elevators was so advanced that the U.S. Navy incorporated identical hydraulics in constructing World War II aircraft carriers. According to Radio City lore, during the war, government agents guarded the basement to assure the Navy's technological advantage.For much of the theater's history, it presented both a movie and a stage show as part of the same program. By the 1970s, changes in film distribution made it difficult for Radio City to secure exclusive bookings of many films; furthermore, the theater preferred to show only G-rated movies, which became less common as the decade wore on. Regular film showings at Radio City ended in 1979, although movies have occasionally been shown there in succeeding years. The Music Hall is the regular home of the Daytime Emmy Award ceremony and the Tony Awards, is the frequent site of the annual MTV Video Music Awards, and has often been the venue for the Grammy Awards on years when New York has won the bid to host the show, although Madison Square Garden, hosted the most recent New York Grammys in 2003.
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