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In the Long Run: A Cultural History of Broadway's Hit Plays

In the Long Run: A Cultural History of Broadway's Hit Plays

Schildcrout, Jordan

Paperback

Broadway & MusicalsTheater HistoryPlaywriting

ISBN10: 0367210908
ISBN13: 9780367210908
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Sep 23 2019
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

In the Long Run: A Cultural History of Broadway's Hit Plays presents in-depth analysis of 15 plays that ran over 1,000 performances, examining what made each so popular in its time--and then, in many cases, fall into obscurity.

Covering one hundred years of theatre history, it traces the long-running Broadway play as a distinct cultural phenomenon that rises and falls from 1918 to 2018. Each chapter focuses on the longest-running plays of a particular decade, synthesizing historical research and dramaturgical analysis to explain how they functioned as works of theatrical art, cultural commodities, and reflections of the values, conflicts, and fantasies of their times. At the heart of each play's history are the ideological contradictions often present in works of popular culture that appeal to diverse audiences, particularly around issues of gender, race, class, and sexuality.

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