Timothy R. White is Associate Professor of History at New Jersey City University.

"Times Square and the Broadway theater district are world famous for bright lights, dense crowds, and long-running plays. Less well-known is the story of scenery, set design, costumes, and lights, activities once concentrated in the craft shops and rehearsal studios in Manhattan and now dispersed to the hinterlands. Blue-Collar Broadway is the fascinating back-stage story of the history and evolution of theater craft and a compelling call for the recognition and preservation of its artistry."-Kenneth T. Jackson, editor of The Encyclopedia of New York City "Blue-Collar Broadway identifies hundreds of costumers, carpenters, lighting riggers, and craftspeople who worked for commercial Broadway theater over a 130-year period and analyzes the shifting social, economic, and cultural factors that pushed these workers out of the Times Square theater district. This is a remarkable achievement."-Marlis Schweitzer, York University

• IntroductionChapter 1. "Second-Hand Rose": The Stage Before the Broadway BrandChapter 2. "A Factory for Making Plays": Broadway's Industrial DistrictChapter 3. "Sing for Your Supper": Theater-Related Craft Work in Radio, Film, and TelevisionChapter 4. "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'": Show Construction at MidcenturyChapter 5. "Sunrise, Sunset": The Decline of Broadway Craft and the Rise of Regional TheatersChapter 6. "Every Day a Little Death": Times Square After the Collapse of a Theatrical Production CenterChapter 7. "When the Money Keeps Rolling in You Don't Ask How": Broadway Craft in a Globalized IndustryNotesIndexAcknowledgments

Timothy R. White is Associate Professor of History at New Jersey City University.

"Times Square and the Broadway theater district are world famous for bright lights, dense crowds, and long-running plays. Less well-known is the story of scenery, set design, costumes, and lights, activities once concentrated in the craft shops and rehearsal studios in Manhattan and now dispersed to the hinterlands. Blue-Collar Broadway is the fascinating back-stage story of the history and evolution of theater craft and a compelling call for the recognition and preservation of its artistry."-Kenneth T. Jackson, editor of The Encyclopedia of New York City "Blue-Collar Broadway identifies hundreds of costumers, carpenters, lighting riggers, and craftspeople who worked for commercial Broadway theater over a 130-year period and analyzes the shifting social, economic, and cultural factors that pushed these workers out of the Times Square theater district. This is a remarkable achievement."-Marlis Schweitzer, York University

• IntroductionChapter 1. "Second-Hand Rose": The Stage Before the Broadway BrandChapter 2. "A Factory for Making Plays": Broadway's Industrial DistrictChapter 3. "Sing for Your Supper": Theater-Related Craft Work in Radio, Film, and TelevisionChapter 4. "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'": Show Construction at MidcenturyChapter 5. "Sunrise, Sunset": The Decline of Broadway Craft and the Rise of Regional TheatersChapter 6. "Every Day a Little Death": Times Square After the Collapse of a Theatrical Production CenterChapter 7. "When the Money Keeps Rolling in You Don't Ask How": Broadway Craft in a Globalized IndustryNotesIndexAcknowledgments