Entertainment

<p><span class="deck">Every spring, 30,000,000 Americans watch the Indianapolis 500. It’s the nation’s premier racing event and the pinnacle of a glamorous, murderous epic that stretches back nearly a century.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">It opened 50 years ago and changed Broadway forever.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">ON THE ROAD DURING THE ERA OF GREATEST PERIL FOR THE ONE INDISPENSABLE AMERICAN SHOW</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">HISTORY’S MOST PHOTOGENIC LABOR dispute lasted 30 days, spread to eight cities, closed 37 plays, and finally won performers some respect.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">WHY JANE FONDA IS A MIRROR OF THE NATION’S PAST FORTY YEARS</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Its last impresario tells why it is the most American of all entertainments. (It’s not because of the strippers.)</span></p>