From Broadway to the Bowery
In 1935 Sidney Kingsley''s play about streetwise urban kids, Dead End, opened on Broadway featuring 14 adolescent actors. For two years on Broadway and then on tour, Kingsley''s play delivered its social commentary contrasting affluent neighborhoods and tenement slums on New York City''s East River. The film industry picked up the story and in 1937 released Dead End which spawned 23 more years ...
In 1935 Sidney Kingsley''s play about streetwise urban kids, Dead End, opened on Broadway featuring 14 adolescent actors. For two years on Broadway and then on tour, Kingsley''s play delivered its social commentary contrasting affluent neighborhoods and tenement slums on New York City''s East River. The film industry picked up the story and in 1937 released Dead End which spawned 23 more years ...
