The city and the theatre : the history of New York playhouses : a 250 year journey from Bowling Green to Times Square /
Remarkably well researched and immensely entertaining, this definitive history of theater in New York City spans more than three centuries and relates the development of theater to the social, political, economic, and cultural climate of the time. Readers learn that it was in 1699 that a petition wa...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Back Stage Books,
2004.
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| Edition: | Rev. and expanded ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Amateurs and professionals (beginnings-1798)
- The Park and the Bowery (1798-1850)
- Lower Broadway (1850-1870)
- Union Square and beyond (1870-1899)
- Times Square: the first hundred years (1900-2000).