Broadway and the Blacklist

During the era often commonly known as McCarthyism, many motion picture and television creators were blacklisted for supposed communist ties. There remained, however, a creative outlet that still welcomed these artists--theatre. This book explores the role theatre played during this turbulent period, covering the formation of the Theatre Guild (which birthed the Group Theatre), the short-lived Federal Theatre Project, and the investigations of the motion picture and television industries, and Broadway, by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). Appendices discuss McCarthy's role and present the memos of investigator Dolores Faconti Scotti, along with a list of prominent witnesses in HUAC's Broadway hearings, and reactions by artists' unions in the decades following the blacklist.

Author: K. Kevyne Baar
Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
Published: 01/21/2019
Pages: 217
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.90w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781476672595
ISBN10: 1476672598
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | 20th Century
- Performing Arts | Theater | Broadway & Musicals
- Performing Arts | Theater | History & Criticism

About the Author
Activist, actor, archivist, historian and union stage manager K. Kevyne Baar brings a lifetime of professional, personal, and academic experience to this book. She lives in Davis, California.