Brooks Atkinson's voice kept the "Broadway" in Times Square, even as it appeared this Mecca of Entertainment would dim. The Lively Years describes those plays that from 1920-1973 shifted in focus. No longer solely concerned about contrived but happy endings, theatre grew by showing the warts of society, never as perfect as we would prefer.
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Brooks Atkinson's voice kept the "Broadway" in Times Square, even as it appeared this Mecca of Entertainment would dim. The Lively Years describes those plays that from 1920-1973 shifted in focus. No longer solely concerned about contrived but happy endings, theatre grew by showing the warts of society, never as perfect as we would prefer.
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