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As show business, show business or show business (recent neologism: ShowBiz and showbiz ) is the amusement and entertainment industry, often the U.S., referred to in all its forms. This name has become established by use in media such as the press, radio and television worldwide.
With few places to connect exemplary typical manifestations of the world of show business:
- Los Angeles and Hollywood for the film industry with their stars and starlets
- Of Broadway in New York for theater and stage world as well as their musical productions in recent times in the latter genre and London
- Las Vegas for gigs at clubs and casinos
- Paris for songs and performances in Nightlife
- Buenos Aires for tango shows
- Moscow and Beijing for the high art zirzensischer attractions.
In the company of show business industry working are tightly organized and highly profit-oriented. Donors expect a very high interest or other income on their investment. Companies try with high salaries to retain artistic top-notch experts, whose performances in turn attract audience or convince critics so that are attracted by the positive reporting people to the shows.
This success orientation involves the tendency that is set to Approved. Artistic individualism and creativity floating in a latent danger to stand in the foreground in show business less.
Were among the sizes of show business or include internationally known movie star (for example, Charles Chaplin, John Wayne, Katharine Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, etc.), singers ( Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Michael Jackson, Liza Minnelli, Madonna, etc.) music groups ( The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, etc.), but also other entertainers such as David Copperfield with his show or class people of cabaret and vaudeville. Courted by the audiences, artists often go on tour in the country or abroad. Occasional appearances on television provide continuing popularity of the show size and can back up the sales of your ( new ) recordings.
The show business has a long standing tradition. Revues emerged already in the 1830s in France. The American-inspired show business in West Germany took its rise since the 1950s. After the war, sat down in the cinema, the films of Hollywood by the newsreel reported on Stars, the tabloids took its rise. First woke the radio, from the 1960s, the television in the general public to be a desire to show a size not only connected via the airwaves or the screen.
Hits were made under American influence in that a song was frequently played on the radio and the triggered demand was monitored by record sales in charts. Successful artists came later in entertainment programs of television or received as Caterina Valente and Peter Alexander own TV show.
In a frontier area for show business, moving successful athletes who wanted to transform their names associated with sport successes by pop vocals into hard cash. This development began with Max Schmeling in the 1930s.
In the 1980s, the musical took a new lease. Separate Permanent game sites for just a piece were built. Some of these musicals were world successes and revived this genre of show business.