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Signed Edition of Blue Collar Broadway
- Item Number
- 198
- Estimated Value
- 135 USD
- Sold
- 45 USD to dasheim
- Number of Bids
- 1 - Bid History
Item Description
"There's a broken heart for every light on Broadway" so sayeth the song from the early 1900's. But the question is - how did those lights get there? Where did the magnificent sets come from? Who designed the costumes?
Here's a book about design, scene shops, rehearsals and all of the elements that go into creating the how to, the flash and kapow of a Broadway show before we all see it with actors, directors and writers. Learn about the craft and the industry in Timothy R.White's wonderful chronicle of how the theatre really works.
Item Special Note
Blue-Collar Broadway-Signed by Author Timothy R. White
The Craft and Industry of American Theater
"Times Square and the Broadway theater district are world famous for bright lights, dense crowds, and long-running plays. Less well-known is the story of scenery, set design, costumes, and lights, activities once concentrated in the craft shops and rehearsal studios in Manhattan and now dispersed to the hinterlands. Blue-Collar Broadway is the fascinating back-stage story of the history and evolution of theater craft and a compelling call for the recognition and preservation of its artistry."—Kenneth T. Jackson, editor of The Encyclopedia of New York City
Behind the scenes of New York City's Great White Way, virtuosos of stagecraft have built the scenery, costumes, lights, and other components of theatrical productions for more than a hundred years. But like a good magician who refuses to reveal secrets, they have left few clues about their work. Blue-Collar Broadway recovers the history of those people and the neighborhood in which their undersung labor occurred.
Timothy R. White teaches history at New Jersey City University.
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