Musical Theatre and the Great Depression

MUSICAL THEATRE AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION A new and deadly illness sweeping the nation, economic uncertainty, a dark period for the arts... where have we heard this before? In this essay, we'll explore how theatre took a hit during the Great Depression, and how it kept on fighting to form a new Golden Age. Facebook: The Village Conservatory for Music Theatre Instagram: @villageconservatory Donate: http://www.villageconservatory.com/do... 00:00 Intro 02:09 Part One – Broadway in the 1920s 07:40 Part Two – The Great Depression, and the Composers who Kept On Writing 10:00 Cole Porter 11:06 Kurt Weill 12:15 The Gershwins 13:44 Rodgers and Hart 15:31 Part Three – Oklahoma!, The Rebirth of the Exclamation Mark, and the Golden Age of Musical Theatre Sources: Bloom, Ken, and Frank Vlastnik. Broadway Musicals. New York: Black Dog & Leventhal, 2008. Bordman, Gerald. American Musical Theater: A Chronicle (Third Edition). Oxford University Press, 2001. “Great Depression.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, August 21, 2018. https://www.history.com/topics/great-.... Hinton, Stephen. Kurt Weill: The Threepenny Opera. Cambridge University Press, 1990. “The Show Must Go On! American Theater in the Great Depression.” The Show Must Go On! American Theater in the Great Depression | DPLA. https://dp.la/exhibitions/the-show. Stempel, Larry. Showtime: a History of Broadway Musical Theater. W.W. Norton, 2010. "Sunny Broadway @ New Amsterdam Theatre ... - Playbill." http://www.playbill.com/production/su.... “Voices Versus Feet.” Theatre Magazine, May 1925.