Childhood and Nineteenth-Century American Theatre: The Work of the Marsh Troupe of Juvenile Actors ShaunaVey. Southern Illinois University Press, 2015.

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 417-418
Author(s):  
Camille McCutcheon
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Southern Illinois ◽  
American Theatre ◽  
Southern Illinois University

Stage, Page, Scandals, and Vandals: William E. Burton and Nineteenth-Century American Theatre. By David L. Rinear. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2004; pp. 272. $55.00 cloth.

2005 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 335-337
Author(s):  
Anthony Vickery
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Civil War ◽  
Early Nineteenth Century ◽  
Southern Illinois ◽  
American Theatre ◽  
Southern Illinois University

One of the seven titles in Southern Illinois University Press's Theatre in the Americas series, David Rinear's book elevates the early nineteenth-century actor-manager William E. Burton to the front ranks of American theatre in the period of transition from stock companies to touring stars. As Rinear writes, “no one in the theatrical or literary world of pre–Civil War America left a mark so thoroughly on his age as William E. Burton. He was lauded as the greatest comic actor of his age, and his managerial acumen provided him with a tremendous fortune” (xii). Perhaps because Burton specialized in such little-studied areas as low comedy and management, this is the first thorough study to give due attention to his career.

On Broadway: Art and Commerce on the Great White Way. By Steven Adler. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2004; pp. 250. $27 paper; $55 cloth; Our Musicals, Ourselves: A Social History of the American Musical Theatre. By John Bush Jones. Brandeis University Press, Waltham, MA (Lebanon, NH: UPNE), 2003; pp. 383. $29.95 cloth.

2005 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 346-349
Author(s):  
Thomas S. Hischak
Keyword(s):  
Social History ◽  
Musical Theatre ◽  
Southern Illinois ◽  
American Theatre ◽  
Commercial Theatre ◽  
History Of ◽  
Southern Illinois University ◽  
American Musical Theatre

While few would argue that commercial theatre on Broadway today is the artistic heart of the American theatre, fascination with Broadway and its productions has not diminished, as witnessed by Steven Adler's thorough and thought-provoking study of contemporary producing, On Broadway: Art and Commerce on the Great White Way. Having interviewed sixty-six professionals in the field over a period of five years, Adler is able to cover his subject from many angles as he allows each person to offer opinions on everything from the corporate involvement in Broadway to the absence of scenes from nonmusicals on the annual Tony Awards broadcast.

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