She was a headlining artist at the annual Rochester International Jazz Festival summer 2009 at the Eastman Theatre and New York.
Eastman, who built the Eastman Theater and endowed the Eastman School of Music, also built his house for music.
The Eastman Theatre opened on September 2, 1922 as a center for music, dance, and silent film with orchestral and organ accompaniment.
"I first heard him on Jan. 20, 1950, at the Eastman Theater in Rochester," he recalled, his voice breaking with emotion.
He reprised the role of Jigger in a 2012 concert version at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre.
Between 1924 and 1928 the artist created an average of seven posters a week, a total of about 1,400 posters for the Eastman Theatre.
Madalena worked from publicity photographs sent to the Eastman Theatre by the movie studios.
A few weeks after he left the employ of the Eastman Theatre, Madalena happened to pass the building.
The Eastman Theatre now plays host to the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and other musical/drama events.
Its primary concert venue is the Eastman Theatre at the Eastman School of Music.
