42nd Street

"42nd Street", a pre-code musical directed by Lloyd Bacon, featuring the choreography of Busby Berkeley. Songs composed by Harry Warren (music) and Al Dubin (lyrics).

Movies and the Great Depression had already brought changes to 42nd Street by the time this film was released in 1933. 

The area eventually became known as the Deuce. The once elegant theatres reduced to grind houses. The Urban Dictionary providing the fellowing definition:

The Deuce

42nd Street in New York City (the southernmost part of Times Square). Back in the day, a center of total depravity, especially between 8th and 9th Avenue, but currently Disneyfied. 

Each Monday, Baghdad on the Subway takes a musical look at the City.

Cezar Del Valle is the author of the Brooklyn Theatre Index, a three-volume history of borough showplaces. The first two volumes chosen 2010 OUTSTANDING BOOK OF THE YEAR by the Theatre Historical Society. Final volume published in  September 2014.

He conducts a series of popular theatre talks and walking tours.

Now selling on Etsy.