THTR 440- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 13 pages long!)
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1904: times square was named after the new york times. Alone 227 shows debuted on broadway and 50 were musicals: more than 20 mil people saw shows, broadway was popular entertainment, review and variety show were popular music. George m cohen: first big star, 40 shows in 30 years, writer composer and star, yankee doodle dandy (film about his life, only one with a statue on broadway. Al jolson: by twenty"s he became broadways biggest star, jewish immigrant from lithuania, big ego. Marilyn miller: star of stage and screen, ziegfeld featured her (had a crush on her) Irving berlin: got his start on tin pan ally, composed 160 shows, born 1888-1989, mr. jazz age. Change in american worker: actors wanted their own union, 1919 actors refused to work, demanded pay for rehearsal times, transport for out of town work, and costumes, producers had to give in.
