MUSIC 2TT3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Lynn Riggs, Lorenz Hart, Rouben Mamoulian
20 Feb 2017
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In the 1930s, a drought hit broadway: huge economic downturn, great depression started in 1929 and had a huge impact on broadway, virtually every producer went bankrupt contributed to drought that went on in the 1930s. No one picked up where show boat had left off, not even kern or hammerstein followed up their success with another notable show. Longest running show was 441 (of thee i sing, a political operetta, had a lot of satire) 1920s (608: the student prince of heidelberg) Phantom of the opera is the longest running show today. Rise of radio (1920s: radio helped market these shows. Rise of film (1920s), television (1950s) and the hollywood migration: broadway had to compete a lot with hollywood and film. 1927, the first talkie the jazz singer al jolson: before talkies it was silent films. World war ii (begins september 1st 1939)
