Broadway’s Controversies: The Theatrical Syndicate Controls US Stages
…because the Syndicate would not allow her to perform. The Shuberts also welcomed actors and companies that did not want to book exclusively with them and they often produced works of a similar nature to those being handled by the Syndicate, but the Shuberts made sure their offering had higher production values. The Syndicate Crumbles Eventually the Syndicate crumbled. During 1908 and 1909, the organization didn’t have enough productions to fill it…