Title Broadway and corporate capitalism : the rise of the professional-managerial class, 1900-1920 / Michael Schwartz

Edition 1st ed Published New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 220 pages) Series Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history. Contents Introduction: a matter for experts -- The growth of Broadway, the emergence of the PMC -- Brave New York : nowhere to go but up -- The show business -- Who were the PMC? -- Meet the experts -- Where the actors stood : the actors' strike -- The problem of nerves -- Dim shadows : pre-PMC consciousness -- Modern men and modern nerves -- Gillette as Sherlock Holmes, super expert -- Fitch and the psychological moment -- Neurasthenics caught on Kodak -- Muckraking the playing field : emerging PMC class consciousness -- The freshest kids in town -- Fair play : The college widow, Strongheart, and Brown of Harvard -- Sweepings from the muckrakes : The lion and the mouse -- Strikers, gentlemen, and toughs : The boss -- A size thirteen collar : musicals and PMC class consciousness -- The musical : pre-post-mortem -- The providences of God : The Sultan of Sulu -- Musicals grow up for a moment : the princess shows -- Showing a class how to move : the castles -- System and farce : emerging PMC habitus -- Cohan as super model, positive and negative -- F.W. Taylor : a scientific call for PMC -- Losing and making a fortune : Brewster's millions -- Grant Mitchell : PMC poster boy -- Humbugging prelude : Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford -- Mitchell on the rise : it pays to advertise -- PMC apotheosis : a tailor-made man -- Conclusion : business as usual -- Clarence : leading the U.S. safely into the 1920s -- Freud and the PMC -- O'Neill and psychological capital -- Other cures for nerves : a look at the 1920s -- Postscript : the return of the tailor-made man Summary Broadway and Corporate Capitalism examines two overlapping and, in many ways, symbiotic phenomena of early 20th century America - the emergence of the Professional-Managerial Class within American corporate capitalism and the evolution of Broadway. Michael Schwartz shows how the class movements moved - literally and figuratively - to the rhythm of noisy, frenetic farces, highly charged business and sports melodramas, and exuberant musicals. This book brings to life the representative plays, playwrights, actors, critics, and audiences from one of the liveliest periods of Broadway Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Theater and society -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century Theater management -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century Class consciousness -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century American drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism Class consciousness in literature. Social & cultural history. Theatre studies. Musicals. PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- History & Criticism. History. American drama Class consciousness Class consciousness in literature Theater and society Theater management New York (State) -- New York Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book LC no. 2008051654 ISBN 9780230623323 0230623328 1282557165 9781282557161 9786612557163 6612557168

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