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    defining aspect of theatre of the 1920s was the development of jazz. Jazz was credited with being the "first distinctively American art form to disseminate...
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    Crash in October 1929 is generally viewed as a harbinger of the end of 1920s prosperity in North America and Europe. In the Soviet Union, the New Economic...
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    David. American Drama 1945 – 2000: An Introduction (2006) Krasner, David. A beautiful pageant : African American theatre, drama, and performance in the Harlem...
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    The Roaring Twenties, sometimes stylized as Roaring '20s, refers to the 1920s decade in music and fashion, as it happened in Western society and Western...
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  • influence throughout the 1920s, although artists were increasingly likely to position themselves in opposition to expressionist tendencies as the decade went on...
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    Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real...
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    The Années folles (French pronunciation: [ane fɔl], "crazy years" in French) was the decade of the 1920s in France. It was coined to describe the social...
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  • Owen Murphy (songwriter) (category American musical theatre composers)
    Alley in the 1920s and 1930s. As a film maker he was an early maker of industrial films. He also was a writer for comedian Joe Cook for both the stage...
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  • during the Golden Age of this genre include those popular and enduring tunes from the 1920s to the 1950s that were created for Broadway theatre, musical...
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    legitimate theatres during the 1920s and 1930s. The theatre was also used as a venue for films and was a model theatre for the Triangle Film Corporation in 1915–1916...
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    Red Pepper (musical) (category Musicals set in Arizona)
    ragtime which had dominated the musical theatre landscape previously in the 1910s and into the early 1920s. At a racetrack in Havana, Cuba, Juniper Berry...
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    American Ballet Theatre (ABT) is a classical ballet company based in New York City. Founded in 1939 by Lucia Chase and Richard Pleasant, it is recognized...
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    in the early 1900s, and the Broadway theatres consolidated there after a large number were built around the square in the 1920s and 1930s. New York runs...
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  • The 1920s were a prosperous era for Los Angeles, California, United States, when the name "Hollywood" became synonymous with the U.S. film industry and...
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    Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles. The original Chinese Theatre was commissioned following the success of the nearby Grauman's...
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    elements established by the works of Gilbert and Sullivan in Britain and Harrigan and Hart in America. By the 1920s, theatre styles began to crystallize...
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  • in theatrical productions. It was developed by (and named after) Adolf Linnebach (1876-1963) around 1917 and was used in North American theatres in the...
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  • various other names, including American Theatre Standard or American stage speech. American cinema began in the early 1900s in New York City and Philadelphia...
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    produced in the 1920s and 1930s in China. Expressionism in Chinese theatre has recently experienced a resurgence in popularity since the 1980s. In Spain...
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    in the city. However, Chicago's importance as a center of jazz music started to diminish toward the end of the 1920s in favor of New York. In the early...
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    Capitan Theatre is a fully restored movie palace at 6838 Hollywood Boulevard in the Hollywood neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, United States. The theater...
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  • Break a leg (category Theatre)
    large and then, as early as the 1920s, into the American (or British and then American) theatre. The English translation of the term is probably explained...
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    CIBC Theatre is a performing arts theater located at 18 West Monroe Street in the Loop area of downtown Chicago. It is operated by Broadway In Chicago...
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    Hart in America. These were followed by the Edwardian musical comedies, beginning in the 1890s in England, and the musical theatre works of American creators...
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  • Francisco Ballet The Sacramento Ballet The Washington Ballet Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater American Indian Dance Theatre Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company...
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  • June 1, 2010) was an American television, stage, and movie actor who is known for his role as the hotel receptionist in Léon: The Professional. A regular...
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    The Wang Theatre is a theatre in Boston. It originally opened in 1925 as the Metropolitan Theatre and was later renamed the Music Hall. It was designed...
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  • This is a list of American films that are scheduled to release in 2024. The highest-grossing American films released in 2024, by domestic box office gross...
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  • The American Laboratory Theatre was an American drama school and theatrical company located in New York City that existed during the 1920s and 1930s. It...
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    circuits, as was the case for Sherman H. Dudley and the Griffin Sisters Later, in the 1920s, many bookings were managed by the Theatre Owners Booking Association...
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