Charles W. 'Chuck' Bryant

And it wasn't just musical theater at the time. This sort of post-World War II era also had some pretty legendary plays, like The Iceman Cometh from Eugene O'Neill and Lorraine Hansberry's Raisin in the Sun, of course. But it was Times Square after all. So in World War II, that's when you started seeing...

Some, you know, the usual thing that would happen was like burlesque theater, eventually peep show, maybe regular movie theater and then porn theater.

Some, you know, the usual thing that would happen was like burlesque theater, eventually peep show, maybe regular movie theater and then porn theater.

Some, you know, the usual thing that would happen was like burlesque theater, eventually peep show, maybe regular movie theater and then porn theater.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, like if you go to a musical today, you're not assured to, but more than likely you're going to be seeing what's called a book musical. And that is when the musical, when the songs are central to the plot and the storyline and moving things along. It's not just like, and here's a song to add to this musical review kind of thing. Right.

Yeah, like if you go to a musical today, you're not assured to, but more than likely you're going to be seeing what's called a book musical. And that is when the musical, when the songs are central to the plot and the storyline and moving things along. It's not just like, and here's a song to add to this musical review kind of thing. Right.

Yeah, like if you go to a musical today, you're not assured to, but more than likely you're going to be seeing what's called a book musical. And that is when the musical, when the songs are central to the plot and the storyline and moving things along. It's not just like, and here's a song to add to this musical review kind of thing. Right.

They still have those sometimes, but it's kind of a throwback. Like these days, the book musical...

They still have those sometimes, but it's kind of a throwback. Like these days, the book musical...

They still have those sometimes, but it's kind of a throwback. Like these days, the book musical...

Yeah, I mean, people were not doing that at the time. They also had blackface in that review because that was something they were also doing at the time, but it was also pretty, you know, progressive in some ways by, like, having an integrated cast.

Yeah, I mean, people were not doing that at the time. They also had blackface in that review because that was something they were also doing at the time, but it was also pretty, you know, progressive in some ways by, like, having an integrated cast.

Yeah, I mean, people were not doing that at the time. They also had blackface in that review because that was something they were also doing at the time, but it was also pretty, you know, progressive in some ways by, like, having an integrated cast.

Yeah, and just to be clear, it was truly integrated. I wasn't saying the blackface was integration. It had real integration and also blackface, which I don't quite understand.

Yeah, and just to be clear, it was truly integrated. I wasn't saying the blackface was integration. It had real integration and also blackface, which I don't quite understand.

Yeah, and just to be clear, it was truly integrated. I wasn't saying the blackface was integration. It had real integration and also blackface, which I don't quite understand.

Yeah, I don't know how they were doing things in 1927.