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In addition to live performance, Hollywood movies are also a key aspect of 1920s theatre history. Although the first movie was made in the late 1800s, movies began to gain traction in the 1920s, which led to a decline in the popularity of theater. With over 20 studios by the end of the 1920s, the movie making industry released an average of 800 ...
American Drama Since 1960: A Critical History (1996) Shiach, Don. American Drama 1900–1990 (2000) Stempel, Larry. Showtime: A History of the Broadway Musical Theater (WW Norton, 2010) 826 pp. Weales, Gerald Clifford. American drama since World War II (1962) White, Timothy R. Blue-Collar Broadway: The Craft and Industry of American Theater ...
March 15 – The Broadway musical My Fair Lady opens in New York City. March 21 – The 28th Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by Jerry Lewis, is held at RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, with the television broadcast hosted by Claudette Colbert and Joseph L. Mankiewicz in New York.
March 28 – The important income tax case of Commissioner v. Glenshaw Glass Co. is decided in the Supreme Court. [1] March 30 – The 27th Academy Awards ceremony is simultaneously held at RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood (hosted by Bob Hope) and at NBC Century Theatre in New York (hosted by Thelma Ritter).
Roudane, Matthew C. American Drama Since 1960: A Critical History (1996) online; Shiach, Don. American Drama 1900–1990 (2000) Vacha, John. From Broadway to Cleveland : a history of the Hanna Theatre (2007) in Cleveland. Ohio online; Watt, Stephen, and Gary A. Richardson. American Drama: Colonial to Contemporary (1994) Weales, Gerald Clifford.
New York City is home to many amazing landmarks, but for theater fans, nothing compares to Broadway. The 41 active Broadway theaters — i.e., Studio 54, the Hirschfeld Theater, the Ambassador...
2020s in United States history is a narrative summary of major historical events and issues in the United States from January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2029. The first part is divided chronologically by Congressional sessions and the second part highlights major issues that span several years or even the entire decade.
The TODAY family recently spent some time just hanging around. Beginning this month, visitors at Rockefeller Center can re-create one of the most enduring photographs in American history, as part ...