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Broadway Loses Its Luster but Theater Spreads Through the Land
Robert Downing reflects on the fading glamour of Broadway as costs rise and the road to Broadway narrows. He notes a shift toward regional and educational theater with grassroots producing centers and stronger ties between professionals and campus stages, signaling a national move toward a people’s theater.
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Broadway
York
the Lunts
Kaufman and Hart
Mike Todd
Elia Kazan
Downing
Cedar Rapids
America
Times Square
Columbus Circle
Variety
Amusement World
New York
Manhattan
London
Equity
Our
Players’ Union
Babylon-on-the-Hudson
Minnie Maddern Fiske
Helen Hayes
Julie Harris
Lillian Hellman
Jose Ferrer
Alan Schneider
New Haven
Albee, Barr and Wilder
Robert Downing
the Gazette
National Theater Services
ANTA
The
American National Theater and Academy
Congress