The official launch of the Brooklyn Theatre Index was an illustrated talk by Cezar Del Valle at the Coney Island Museum on August 29, 2010. On the left making the opening introduction is museum director Aaron Beebe and to the right Cezar Del Valle
"We have a wonderful collector of theatre history named Cezar Del Valle, who has collected more Brooklyn theatre information than probably anyone else around and written two wonderful books."
“For anyone seriously interested in the history of Brooklyn Theatres, it [the Brooklyn Theatre Index] is an essential reference source.”
-John Dereszewski, Cinema Treasures
Cezar Del Valle
"is a charming, knowledgeable, and funny man who seems to know more about
Brooklyn theatre history than anyone in captivity"
