A comprehensive study recreates the history of the American stage, includes a review of trends and fashions, and shows a complete production schedule, from playwright to casting call

Theater in America: 200 Years of Plays, Players, and Productions

Henderson, Mary C.

Humor & Entertainment

Harry N.Abrams, Inc.

Captures the history of stage presentations through mementos of the event and also, at the same time, provides a trip down memory lane

Broadway Ballyhoo: The American Theater Seen in Posters, Photographs, Magazines, Caricatures, and Programs

For a new generation of theatergoers, here is an updated edition of Theater in America, winner of the George Freedley Memorial Award for theatrical literature. Over the past 200 years, American theater has become an unparalleled expression of American life and thought. Drawing on her vast experience as a teacher of theatrical history and as Curator of the Theatre Collection of the Museum of the City of New York, Mary C. Henderson explores the ever-changing world of the American stage, from the days of strolling players into the modern era of Broadway hits, public funding, and unionization. She evaluates significant trends in playwriting, in the taste of audiences, and in acting theory and practice; analyzes the economic structure of the theater; and traces developments in stagecraft and playhouse design. Her book is also about how dramas and musicals actually get on the stage. Henderson describes the roles of the producer, playwright, director, choreographer, actors, and costume, set, and lighting designers, introducing along the way a galaxy of stars. Henderson's selection of more than 400 illustrations includes original art for set and costume designs, candid onstage photographs, star and cast portraits, and a wealth of never-before-published theatrical iconography. Thirty-four new plates highlight the variety and richness of the most recent live American entertainment. A time chart shows what was happening and who was working on and off Broadway and in regional theaters during the decades between 1750 and the close of the twentieth century. Revised in this edition are the extensive bibliography and the index, which includes life dates of major theatrical figures.

Theater in America: 250 Years of Plays, Players, and Productions

An exceptional assortment of two hundred duotone photographs by the legendary theatrical photographer Eileen Darby captures the luminaries of Broadway during its golden era from the 1940s to the mid-1960s, capturing the theatrical world, both onstage and backstage, in portraits of Marlene Dietrich, Gregory Peck, Lucille Ball, and Katharine Hepburn, among others.

Stars on Stage: Eileen Darby and Broadway's Golden Age: Photographs 1940-1964

Bulfinch

Quick! In the heart of little old New York, you€™ll find a thoroughfare€“what is it? Forty-second Street, of course! In this entertaining book, noted theater historian traces the rise and fall and rise of the street that symbolizes the Broadway experience. The first theater went up in 1899, and by 1920, there were twelve stretching from avenue to avenue, plus a flow of trolleys, a subway stop at each end, and a never-ceasing bustle of activity in between. The 1920s and 1930s were the golden age, fueled by Hollywood movies and Damon Runyon stories; then there were the war years, when every American soldier and sailor paid a call. After the war, the slow decline of 42nd Street, lined with peep shows, symbolized decay. In the 1990s, as theaters were renovated, the street was miraculously reclaimed. The Story of 42nd Street captures the colorful characters, shows, scandals, and stories of this uniquely American dreamscape.

The Story of 42nd Street: The Theatres, Shows, Characters, and Scandals of the World's Most Notorious Street

Greene, Alexis

History

Back Stage Books

A copy of the earlier 1973 1st edition in fine condition except for the jacket which has ovious edge tears and wear. This jacket is different from the stock photo of the later edition of the book.

The City and the Theatre: New York Playhouses from Bowling Green to Times Square

Americas

J. T. White

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