 The famed D'Oyly Carte Opera Company (Gilbert and Sullivan) performed "The Pirates of Penzance" within weeks of its US premiere, and countless Shakespearean actors known around the world graced The Music Hall stage, including Margaret Mather, Thomas W. Keene and John Drew.Buffalo Bill Cody and his Wild West Show performed their smaller indoor show numerous times, and Portsmouth saw its very first moving pictures on Edison's Graphophone here in 1898.Broadway was well represented, with performances of "Peter Pan", "The Wizard of Oz" and "No, No, Nanette" among many other shows that came to the theater within the first weeks of leaving “The Great White Way” in New York City.