BROADWAY & THE GOLDEN AGE OF MUSICALS

1943 – 1945

Carmel Tajonera

Magazines

The Era

Recovering from the Great Depression (1930s)

Last years of WWII

Entertainment landscape is changing

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The Broadway Boom

Coverage

Life

Vogue

Time

Life

Time

Vogue

Shaping & Reflecting

Time and Life acted as reflectors by chronicling the events and facts of the movement

Even the ads of Time and Life were often in line with the themes of war

Vogue was not so much a reflector as it was a shaper in women’s fashion and lifestyle

Living During The Time

Uncertainty of war

Rations and workforce

Blooming theater scene