description: Eisenhour (theater history, literature, criticism, acting, and directing; Eastern Illinois U.) tells how Leblang (1874-1931) made a sizeable fortune and many friends selling cut-rate theater tickets from his emporium in the basement of Gray's Drug Store. He reviews ticket distribution practices and the New York theater scene during the period, then describes how the Hungarian Jewish immigrant began small and gradually increased his business, took on competitors and opposition, his business practices, his plans for a central ticket agency, his personal financial operations and contributions, and his place in Broadway history. The text is double spaced. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
language: English
title: Joe Leblang's Cut-Rate Ticket Empire and the Broadway Theatre, 1894-1931
titlecomplete: Joe Leblang's Cut-Rate Ticket Empire and the Broadway Theatre, 1894-1931 (Studies in Theatre Arts, 23)
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publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr