From P.T. Barnum to the overwhelming popularity of minstrel shows and then on to the Glory of the American Girl as pictured by Flo Ziegfeld, the theater would never again be as popular or control the fashions and tastes of this country as it did in the late years of the 18th century through the early years of the 20th. First moving pictures began stealing the audiences, the "talkies" and finally television. But this book will remind you of the wonderful days when the big call was always "On With the Show"!