Pre-1920's Musicals Timeline By: Reina Alvarez

By AlvarezRL2311@aguafria.org

  • 1920

    1920
    Musical comedies and Jazz music and culture had arose during this time period. Popular writers of this time consisted of Irving Berlin, Richard Rogers, Jerome Kern, and George Gershwin. Tip-Toes and Show Boat were some musicals which were popular in the 1920s.
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    Pre-1920s Musical Timelines

  • 1921

    Many musicals and plays within theatre made their big comeout to the world during this time period in the year. Some including "Good Morning Dearie", shown at the Globe Theatre, and "Little Red Riding Hood", which was told upon the fairy tale, shown within the Manhatten Opera House.

  • 1921

    1921
    Many musicals and plays made their big comeout in the world at this time of year including "Good Morning Dearie", shown at the Globe Theatre, and "Little Red Riding Hood" viewed at the Manhatten Opera House.

  • 1922

    1922
    The collapse of the Knickerbocker Theatre had just occured. This theatre was famously known, considering it collapsed due to snowfall in the year of 1922. There was a play going on at the moment in which it collapsed. There was no warning, the sealing just caved due to the theatre’s flat roof, and the heavy snowfall. This caused the balcony to come crashing down onto those in the Orchestra seating area. This killed many of the people and injured hundreds who were present in the theatre.

  • 1923

    1923
    Musicals arose during this time, some famous ones such as "Poppy", "Stepping Stones", and "Wildflower".

  • 1924

    1924
    This was the broadway season, in which during a man named Eugene O’Neill had played 5 of his different plays all in NYC at the same time.

  • 1925

    1925
    Some musicals came out such as "Big Boy", "The Cocoanuts", "Sunny", etc.

  • 1926

    1926
    "Talkies" had now been released, in which were just movies that had included sounds and speaking. Before this was created, there was only silent films.

  • 1927

    1927
    "Showboat", the musical, was produced in 1927 by Florenz Ziegfeld. The premiere of this show, "Show Boat", appeared on Broadway and was an important event in the history of American musical theatre.

  • 1928

    1928
    Steamboat Willie was released, which had been the first animated film that had sound. Disney grown to become popular, and had become to be more known to the people.

  • 1929

    1929
    The cinema of the year 1929 consisted of bold, elegant, and beautiful musicals. These were the boom years for Broadway. Broadway was the popular source of entertainment. In a time without movies, television, or radio, the shows provided the popular music of the time.