Transatlantic Broadway

Marlis Schweitzer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre at York University, Canada. Her publications include When Broadway Was the Runway: Theater, Fashion, and American Culture and Performing Objects and Theatrical Things (co-edited with Joanne Zerdy, 2014). Her articles have appeared in Theatre Journal, Theatre Survey, Theatre Research International, and TDR. She is the editor of Theatre Research in Canada/Recherches théâtrales au Canada.

Introduction: Transatlantic Broadway: The Infrastructural Politics of Global Performance 1. Networking the Waves: Ocean Liners, Impresarios, and Broadway's Atlantic Expansion 2. Along the Wires: Telegraphic Performances and the Wiring of Broadway 3. White Collar Broadway: Performing the Modern Office 4. ''My Word! How He is Kissing Her': The Material Culture of Theatrical Promotion 5. Epilogue: Transatlantic (re)Crossings Endnotes Bibliography Index