Plot Summary Of The Play 'The Black Crook'
The Black Crook is a musical theatre which had been conform into modern ‘book musical.’
It was said that in summer of 1866, in the lower Broadway of New York City had been the busiest for them. With the congested traffic, temperature slowly rising and with the typical citizens walking around with such a busy road.
Post-Civil War business had also boomed in this time period, in order terms there was in an increase with the city’s working and middle class population. With masses of people, they had soon craved entertainment at one point.
The theaters were abounded in Manhattan. In the reading, they mention that the most popular venues was Niblo’s Garden, being able to hold at least 3,200 people in it and was found at the corner of Broadway and Prince Street that had been “boasted the most well equipped stage in the city.”. Its mangers was William Wheatley, who was sometimes an actor and man who that would spend time inventing the bog-time Broadway musical. To be quite truthful, he never meant to create anything and just wanted his keep his business. …show more content…
Basically $1, 5000 to having him keep his mouth shut and let them do whatever I assume. Further more, they say that he ended up spending un-heard money, $25,000, to produce his musical The Black Crook. Fun fact; the play has been performed about 474 times! They also talk about how the opening night performances on, September 12, lasted about five and a half hours (Ouch!) yet the audiences were too dazzled by the performances that they didn’t complain about it how their behind was in
It was said that in summer of 1866, in the lower Broadway of New York City had been the busiest for them. With the congested traffic, temperature slowly rising and with the typical citizens walking around with such a busy road.
Post-Civil War business had also boomed in this time period, in order terms there was in an increase with the city’s working and middle class population. With masses of people, they had soon craved entertainment at one point.
The theaters were abounded in Manhattan. In the reading, they mention that the most popular venues was Niblo’s Garden, being able to hold at least 3,200 people in it and was found at the corner of Broadway and Prince Street that had been “boasted the most well equipped stage in the city.”. Its mangers was William Wheatley, who was sometimes an actor and man who that would spend time inventing the bog-time Broadway musical. To be quite truthful, he never meant to create anything and just wanted his keep his business. …show more content…
Basically $1, 5000 to having him keep his mouth shut and let them do whatever I assume. Further more, they say that he ended up spending un-heard money, $25,000, to produce his musical The Black Crook. Fun fact; the play has been performed about 474 times! They also talk about how the opening night performances on, September 12, lasted about five and a half hours (Ouch!) yet the audiences were too dazzled by the performances that they didn’t complain about it how their behind was in