The Voice of the City

Vaudeville and Popular Culture in New York

Robert W. Snyder

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Ivan R Dee, Inc
15 February 2000

Variety shows, music hall, cabaret; History of the Americas; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Social & cultural history

This entertaining and enlightening book depicts the rise of popular culture in America by brilliantly recapturing the essence and commercial trappings of one of its most vital forms of entertainment—the vaudeville show. Vaudeville was a meeting place, an inclusive form of theatre that flourished especially in New York, where it fostered cultural exchange among the city's ethnic groups. In The Voice of the City, Mr. Snyder reconstructs the famous acts, describes the different theatres, and shows how entrepreneurs created a near monopoly over bookings, theatres, and performers. He also gives us vaudeville's decline, its audiences usurped by musical comedy, radio, and the movies. ""A fascinating and highly readable social history....

By exploring the place of vaudeville in the neighborhoods and in the city central theatre district, Robert Snyder brilliantly illuminates the way city culture was made and worked in the lives of people at the turn of the century.""—Thomas Bender. ""The most authoritative book on American vaudeville...also a remarkably good read, filled with colorful details and incisive commentary on American popular culture in the decades surrounding the turn of the twentieth century.""—David Nasaw.

By: Robert W. Snyder
Imprint: Ivan R Dee, Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 137mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 286g
ISBN: 9781566632980
ISBN 10: 1566632986
Pages: 244
Publication Date: 15 February 2000
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert W. Snyder, a former newspaper reporter, has taught at Princeton and at New York University and is now an associate of the Media Studies Center in New York.