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A Whole New World: A study on the impact the Disney Theatrical Group has made on Broadway theatre and Times Square over the past 20 years

Whitaker, Janelle
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1514644833674716

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2017, Master of Arts, University of Akron, Theatre Arts.
New York’s Time Square looked much different in the 1980’s than it does today. Drug dealers, prostitutes, and pimps lurked on many street corners. Porn shops and peep shows were the main tourist attractions. Parents kept their children away from the area, fearful of the skyrocketing crime rate. In 1990, the New 42nd Street nonprofit organization was formed in an effort to clean up the city. The organization set out to repair several of the theatres in town including the New Amsterdam Theatre which later became host to Disney’s stage version of the popular 1994 animated film The Lion King. As a result, the city was soon reborn. The Disney Theatrical Group has greatly impacted both the development of Times Square and the Broadway theatre scene through technological advances, hiring practices, family values, and marketing to a younger demographic. This project will provide an overview of the Disney Theatrical Group’s formation and activities over the past twenty years in order to understand the effects this organization has had on both Times Square and the theatre industry as a whole, and to identify the DTG’s place in the current Broadway scene.
James Slowiak (Advisor)
Adel Migid (Committee Member)
Christopher Hariasz (Committee Member)
47 p.
Theater; Theater History
Disney; Broadway; theatre; Times Square

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  • Whitaker, J. (2017). A Whole New World: A study on the impact the Disney Theatrical Group has made on Broadway theatre and Times Square over the past 20 years [Master's thesis, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1514644833674716

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Whitaker, Janelle. A Whole New World: A study on the impact the Disney Theatrical Group has made on Broadway theatre and Times Square over the past 20 years. 2017. University of Akron, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1514644833674716.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Whitaker, Janelle. "A Whole New World: A study on the impact the Disney Theatrical Group has made on Broadway theatre and Times Square over the past 20 years." Master's thesis, University of Akron, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1514644833674716

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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