
- 840 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
This is the most comprehensive and insightful reference available on Broadway theater as an American cultural phenomenon and an illuminator of American life. Broadway: An Encyclopedia of Theater and American Culture is the first major reference work to explore just how much the "Great White Way" illuminates our national character. In two volumes spanning the era from the mid-19th century to the present, it offers nearly 200 entries on a variety of topics, including spotlights on 30 landmark productionsāfrom Shuffle Along to Oklahoma! to Oh Calcutta! to The Producers āthat not only changed American theater but American culture as well. In addition, Broadway offers thirty extended thematic essays gauging the powerful impact of theater on American life, with entries on race relations, women in society, sexuality, film, media, technology, tourism, and off-Broadway and noncommercial theater. There are also 110 profile entries on key persons and institutionsāfrom the famous to the infamous to the all but forgottenāwhose unique careers and contributions impacted Broadway and its place in the American landscape.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Alphabetical List of Entries
- Guide to Related Topics
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Broadway and American Culture
- Timeline
- The Encyclopedia AāZ
- Volume 1: AāL
- Volume 2: MāZ
- Glossary of Selected Historical and Technical Terms
- General Bibliography
- About the Editor and Contributors
- Index