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The Shuberts and Their Passing Shows - The Untold Tale of Ziegfeld's Rivals (Hardcover)
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The Shuberts and Their Passing Shows - The Untold Tale of Ziegfeld's Rivals (Hardcover)
Series: Broadway Legacies
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The Shubert name has been synonymous with Broadway for almost as
long as Broadway entertainment itself. With seventeen Broadway
theatres including the Ambassador, the Music Box, and the Winter
Garden, The Shubert Organization perpetuates brothers Lee and Jacob
Shubert's business legacy. In The Shuberts and Their Passing Shows:
The Untold Tale of Ziegfeld's Rivals, author Jonas Westover
investigates beyond the Shuberts' business empire into their early
revues and the centrifugal role they played in developing American
theatre as an art form. The Shubert-produced revues, titled Passing
Shows, were terrifically popular in the teens and twenties,
consistently competing with Florenz Ziegfeld's Follies for the
greatest numbers of stars, biggest spectacles, and ultimately the
largest audiences. The Shuberts and Their Passing Shows is the
first-ever book to unpack the colorful history of the productions,
delving into their stars, costumes, stagecraft, and orchestration
in unprecedented detail. Providing a fresh and exciting window into
American theatrical history, Westover traces the fascinating
history of the Shuberts' revue series, presented annually from
1912-1924, and covers more broadly the glorious days of early
Broadway. In addition to its compelling history of Broadway's
Golden Age, The Shuberts and Their Passing Shows also provides a
revisionary argument about the overarching history of the revue.
Bolstered by a rich collection of documents in the Shubert Theater
Archive, Westover argues against the popular misconception that the
Shubert's competitor, producer Florenz Ziegfield - responsible for
the better-known Follies - was the sole proprietor of Broadway
audiences. As Westover proves, not only were the Passing Shows as
popular as the Follies but also a key component in a history of the
revue that is vastly more complex than previous scholarship has
shown. The Shuberts and Their Passing Shows brings to fruition
years of original research and invaluable insights into the gilded
formation of present day Broadway.
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