Surflight Theatre will be paying homage to a legendary site of the Jersey Shore with the opening show of its 2023 season, “Steel Pier.”
That’s right, Atlantic City’s Steel Pier, which in its mid-1900s heyday was known as the “Showplace of the Nation.” The Steel Pier in those years was beloved for its famous diving horses, other animal acts, diving bells, bathing beauties, pageants, big bands, famous singers such as a young Frank Sinatra and Al Jolson, and dance marathons.
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