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100 1 a| Bauman, Thomas,d| 1948-e| author.=| ^A158837;

245 14 a| The Pekin :b| the rise and fall of Chicago's first black-owned theater /c| Thomas Bauman.;

264 1 a| Chicago :b| University of Illinois Press,c| [2014];

300 a| xxii, 232 pages ;c| 24 cm.;

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490 1 a| The New Black Studies Series;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Prologue, 1903: Chicago's black gambling world -- The temple of music -- The New Pekin -- Tacking to the wind -- Holding the stroll -- Motts's last years -- From pillar to post -- Epilogue: diaspora -- Appendix A: Repertoire of the Pekin Theater -- Appendix B: Musical items performed at the Pekin Theater, Chicago, 1906-1911.;

520 a| "In 1904, political operator and gambling boss Robert T. Motts opened the Pekin Theater in Chicago. Dubbed the "Temple of Music," the Pekin became one of the country's most prestigious African American cultural institutions, renowned for its all-black stock company and school for actors, an orchestra able to play ragtime and opera with equal brilliance, and a repertoire of original musical comedies. A missing chapter in African American theatrical history, Bauman's saga presents how Motts used his entrepreneurial acumen to create a successful black-owned enterprise. Concentrating on institutional history, Bauman explores the Pekin's philosophy of hiring only African American staff, its embrace of multi-racial upper class audiences, and its ready assumption of roles as diverse as community center, social club, and fundraising instrument. The Pekin's prestige and profitability faltered after Motts' death in 1911 as his heirs lacked his savvy, and African American elites turned away from pure entertainment in favor of spiritual uplift. But, as Bauman shows, the theater had already opened the door to a new dynamic of both intra- and inter-racial theater-going and showed the ways a success, like the Pekin, had a positive economic and social impact on the surrounding community." -- Publisher's description.;

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The Pekin : the rise and fall of Chicago's first black-owned theater / Thomas Bauman.

Author/creator	Bauman, Thomas, 1948- author.
Format	Book
Publication	Chicago : University of Illinois Press, [2014]
Description	xxii, 232 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects	Pekin (Organization : Chicago, Ill.)--History. African American theater--Illinois. --Chicago. --History. --20th century. Theater--Illinois. --Chicago. --History. --20th century. African Americans in the performing arts--Illinois. --Chicago. --History. --20th century.

Series	The New Black Studies Series New Black studies. ^A906589
Contents	Prologue, 1903: Chicago's black gambling world -- The temple of music -- The New Pekin -- Tacking to the wind -- Holding the stroll -- Motts's last years -- From pillar to post -- Epilogue: diaspora -- Appendix A: Repertoire of the Pekin Theater -- Appendix B: Musical items performed at the Pekin Theater, Chicago, 1906-1911.
Abstract	"In 1904, political operator and gambling boss Robert T. Motts opened the Pekin Theater in Chicago. Dubbed the "Temple of Music," the Pekin became one of the country's most prestigious African American cultural institutions, renowned for its all-black stock company and school for actors, an orchestra able to play ragtime and opera with equal brilliance, and a repertoire of original musical comedies. A missing chapter in African American theatrical history, Bauman's saga presents how Motts used his entrepreneurial acumen to create a successful black-owned enterprise. Concentrating on institutional history, Bauman explores the Pekin's philosophy of hiring only African American staff, its embrace of multi-racial upper class audiences, and its ready assumption of roles as diverse as community center, social club, and fundraising instrument. The Pekin's prestige and profitability faltered after Motts' death in 1911 as his heirs lacked his savvy, and African American elites turned away from pure entertainment in favor of spiritual uplift. But, as Bauman shows, the theater had already opened the door to a new dynamic of both intra- and inter-racial theater-going and showed the ways a success, like the Pekin, had a positive economic and social impact on the surrounding community." -- Publisher's description.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2013045695
ISBN	9780252038365 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0252038363 (cloth : alk. paper)

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