Broadway and Corporate Capitalism: The Rise of the Professional-Managerial Class, 1900-1920 (Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History)

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. Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgments......Page 8 1 Introduction: A Matter for Experts......Page 10 Brave New York: Nowhere to Go But Up......Page 32 The Show Business......Page 33 Who Were the PMC?......Page 38 Meet the Experts......Page 48 Where the Actors Stood: The Actors' Strike......Page 56 Dim Shadows: Pre-PMC Consciousness......Page 60 Modern Men and Modern Nerves......Page 66 Gillette as Sherlock Holmes, Super Expert......Page 70 Fitch and the Psychological Moment......Page 72 Neurasthenics Caught on Kodak......Page 80 The Freshest Kids in Town......Page 86 Fair Play: The College Widow, Strongheart, and Brown of Harvard......Page 89 Sweepings from the Muckrakes: The Lion and the Mouse......Page 103 Strikers, Gentlemen, and Toughs: The Boss......Page 106 The Musical: Pre-Postmortem......Page 110 The Providences of God: The Sultan of Sulu......Page 114 Musicals Grow Up for a Moment: The Princess Shows......Page 118 Showing a Class How to Move: The Castles......Page 127 Cohan as Super Model—Positive and Negative......Page 134 F.W. Taylor: A Scientific Call for PMC......Page 145 Losing and Making a Fortune: Brewster's Millions......Page 148 Humbugging Prelude: Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford......Page 151 Mitchell on the Rise: It Pays to Advertise......Page 152 PMC Apotheosis: A Tailor-Made Man......Page 156 Clarence: Leading the U.S. Safely into the 1920s......Page 162 Freud and the PMC......Page 163 O'Neill and Psychological Capital......Page 164 Other Cures for Nerves: A Look at the 1920s......Page 168 Postscript: The Return of the Tailor-Made Man......Page 177 Notes......Page 178 Bibliography......Page 204 B......Page 218 C......Page 219 D......Page 220 G......Page 221 H......Page 222 L......Page 223 N......Page 224 P......Page 225 R......Page 226 S......Page 227 V......Page 228 Z......Page 229 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 20s Postscript: the return of the tailor-made man. This book examines American corporate capitalism and the evolution of Broadway. The author shows how the class movements moved 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, actor, critics, and audiences from one of the liveliest periods of Broadway.--[book cover] Through an examination of plays, actors, reviews, and audience response of the period, this study traces the development of Broadway as a source of 'mature' American drama, and the simultaneous development of Professional-Managerial Class consciousness and habitus.