Broadway and the Blacklist

<p> During the era often commonly known as McCarthyism many motion picture and television creators were blacklisted for supposed communist ties. There remained however a creative outlet that still welcomed these artists--theatre.</p><p> This book explores the role theatre played during this turbulent period covering the formation of the Theatre Guild (which birthed the Group Theatre) the short-lived Federal Theatre Project and the investigations of the motion picture and television industries and Broadway by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).</p><p> Appendices discuss McCarthy's role and present the memos of investigator Dolores Faconti Scotti along with a list of prominent witnesses in HUAC's Broadway hearings and reactions by artists' unions in the decades following the blacklist.</p>