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*PRODUCER *FORMED SYNDICATE
*PHILOSOPHY: PUBLIC TASTE IS INFALLIBLE, STARS ATTRACT AUDIENCES |
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| *MONOPOLIZED AMERICAN THEATRE BY CONTROLLING TOURING ROUTES *BUILT RIVAL THEATRES WITH CUTTHROAT PRICES *BLACKBALLED UNCOOPERATIVE ACTORS & PRODUCERS *MASS APPEAL |
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| *PRODUCER & PLAYWRIGHT *STAR-MAKER: HE WOULD TAILOR A PLAY TO AN ACTOR *EXPLORED LIGHTING TECHNIQUES *CAME INTO CONFLICT WITH THE SYNDICATE IN 1902 |
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| *ESTABLISHED THE BROADWAY DISTRICTS AS THE CENTER OF AMERICAN THEATRE *THE SYNDICATE SHUT THEM OUT IN 1905 SO STARTED THEIR OWN RIVAL CHAIN *TOOK CONTROL OF THEATRE AFTER 1915 & MAINTAINED IT UNTIL 1956 *STILL OEN 17 BROADWAY THEATRES TODAY |
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| 1ST AMERICAN DRAMATIST TO PUBLISH HIS OWN PLAYS |
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*BY 1915 SPORTS, FILM, & HIGH PRICE TIX CAUSE BEGIN OF DECLINE OF THEATRE
* COSTS UP DUE TO RISE OF UNIONS & RESTRICTIVE BUILDING CODES
*BY 1930 FILM OVERTAKES THEATRE |
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* BEGINS TO CATCH UP W/EUROPEAN TRENDS
* LITTLE THEATRES WERE THE EQUIVALENT OF ITM |
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| * "SIMPLIFIED REALISM" * VIVID USE OF COLOR * SIMPLIFIED BUT DRAMATIC LIGHTING |
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* MODELED AFTER THE MAT: STRESSED THE METHOD
* STAGED PLAYS BY MEMBER CLIFFORD ODETS |
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* 1ST FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORT OF THE ARTS * HELPED REVIVE THEATRE OUTSIDE NYC * "LIVING NEWSPAPER"
* ORSON WELLES-VOODOO MACBETH |
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| * PLAYS: THE ICEMAN COMETH *LONG DAYS JOURNEY INTO NIGHT * MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN |
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| * PLAYS: THE CHILDREN'S HOUR *THE LITTLE FOXES |
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| * PLAYS: OUR TOWN * THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH |
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MUSICAL THEATRE: BIRTH OF THE MODERN MUSICAL
1927-1943 |
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| * EMPHASIZES STORYLINE * PSYCHOLOGICALLY MOTIVATED CHARACTERS * INTEGRATED ALL ELEMENTS * EX SHOWBOAT, GERSHWIN'S OF THEE I SING |
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| MUSICAL THEATRE: GOLDEN AGE 1943-1968 |
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| * UPBEAT, LIFE-AFFIRMING, SENTIMENTAL * RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN THE MOST SUCCESSFUL OF THIS TIME |
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| * HELPS CEMENT THE PRIMACY OF THE BOOK * FULLY INTEGRATES STORY, MUSIC, DANCE, & VISUAL ELEMENTS |
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| MUSICAL THEATRE: ALTERNATIVE FORMS 1969-1980 |
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