03226nam 22005533 450 991082390790332120230307224410.0(CKB)5590000000442008(MiAaPQ)EBC6524929(Au-PeEL)EBL6524929(OCoLC)1244433524(EXLCZ)99559000000044200820210901d2021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBroadway Goes to War American Theater During World War II /Robert L. McLaughlin and Sally E. ParryLexington :University Press of Kentucky,2021.©2021.1 online resource (x, 290 pages) illustrations0-8131-8101-1 Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-280) and index.Popular culture, Broadway, and World War II -- Before Pearl Harbor -- Overseas -- The home front -- Anticipating the postwar world -- Conclusion -- Appendix : Annotated list of war-related plays produced in New York, 1933-1946.The American theater was not ignorant of the developments brought on by World War II, and actively addressed and debated timely, controversial topics for the duration of the war, including neutrality and isolationism, racism and genocide, and heroism and battle fatigue. Productions such as Watch on the Rhine (1941), The Moon is Down (1942), Tomorrow the World (1943), and A Bell for Adano (1944) encouraged public discussion of the war's impact on daily life and raised critical questions about the conflict well before other forms of popular media. American drama of the 1940s is frequently overlooked, but the plays performed during this eventful decade provide a picture of the rich and complex experience of living in the United States during the war years. McLaughlin and Parry's work fills a significant gap in the history of theater and popular culture, showing that American society was more divided and less idealistic than the received histories of the WWII home front and the entertainment industry recognize.World War, 1939-1945Theater and the warWar and theaterUnited StatesHistory20th centuryAmerican drama20th centuryHistory and criticismWorld War, 1939-1945United StatesLiterature and the warTheaterNew York (State)New YorkHistory20th centuryTheater and societyUnited StatesPopular cultureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryWorld War, 1939-1945Theater and the war.War and theaterHistoryAmerican dramaHistory and criticism.World War, 1939-1945Literature and the war.TheaterNew York (State)HistoryTheater and societyPopular cultureHistoryMcLaughlin Robert L.1957-2022,1627864Parry Sally E.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823907903321Broadway Goes to War3964660UNINA