How Did New York Influence The Kind Of Entertainment

1. How did the wave of Immigrants coming into New York influence the kind of entertainment being created?

The different ethnic groups had their own customs and from of musical entertainment, which then jumped to musicians playing in the corner of the local pub or tavern. That then evolved in to a more presentation social center which then further evolved into the variety stage.

2. Discuss the importance of early comedians, such as Harrigan and Hart, and Weber and Fields on the way musicals developed.

They developed their own form of entertainment, Harrigan and Hart played off gaelic chauvinism and parodies full of sympathies for the plight of Irish immigrants. Soon the Jewish immigrants developed their own musical traditions; the duo Weber and Fields disguised their Jewish roots and portrayed Dutch immigrants which then started melding different ethnic traditions.

By 1882, the city NYC had its own theatrical industry and even a national reputation. Union square became the spot where producers assembled their touring companies, actors and singers to acquire material, managers to book tours, and much more. Several theaters and auxiliary businesses set up shop near Union Square. These businesses and theaters moved multiple times in the nineteenth century. Eventually, the Theater District stretched along Broadway from West 37th Street to 40th Street. Broadway north of 42nd Street was a scandalous place till Oscar Hammerstein pursued his passion of building theaters. Oscar bought land from 43rd Street to 45th Street on the east side of Broadway to build the Olympia. Other businessmen followed suit and eventually there where thirty-four theaters north or near to 42nd Street. When a new subway station was built on 42nd Street and Broadway, Ochs and August Belmont convinced the city to name the station Times Square after the Times Tower, which was built by