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Klaw & Erlanger was the New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 based theatrical production
Theatrical producer

A theatrical producer is the person ultimately responsible for overseeing all aspects of mounting a Theatre. The independent producer will usually be the originator and finder of the script and starts the whole process....
 partnership of entrepreneur A.L. Erlanger
A.L. Erlanger

Abraham Lincoln Erlanger was an American theatrical producer, director, designer, theatre owner, and a leading figure of the Theatrical Syndicate....
 and lawyer
Lawyer

A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an Attorney at law, counsel or solicitor; a person licensed to practice fraud." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain stability, and deliver justice....
 Marcus Klaw
Marcus Klaw

File:Marcus Klaw.jpgMarcus Alonzo Klaw was an United States lawyer, theatrical producer, theatre owner, and a leading figure of the Theatrical Syndicate....
. The two began as a theatrical booking agency in 1886 before expanding into producing plays. In 1896, Klaw & Erlanger joined with Al Hayman
Al Hayman

Al Hayman, also known as Raphael Hayman, was the business partner of the better-known Charles Frohman who together with others established the Theatrical Syndicate in 1896 and as theater empresarios and booking agents helped develop the theater district in New York at the turn of the 20th century....
, Charles Frohman
Charles Frohman

Charles Frohman was a Jewish United States of America theatrical producer.One of three Frohman brothers, he was born in Sandusky, Ohio. He was the youngest, his older brothers being: Daniel Frohman and Gustave Frohman ....
, Samuel F.






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Klaw & Erlanger was the New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 based theatrical production
Theatrical producer

A theatrical producer is the person ultimately responsible for overseeing all aspects of mounting a Theatre. The independent producer will usually be the originator and finder of the script and starts the whole process....
 partnership of entrepreneur A.L. Erlanger
A.L. Erlanger

Abraham Lincoln Erlanger was an American theatrical producer, director, designer, theatre owner, and a leading figure of the Theatrical Syndicate....
 and lawyer
Lawyer

A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an Attorney at law, counsel or solicitor; a person licensed to practice fraud." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain stability, and deliver justice....
 Marcus Klaw
Marcus Klaw

File:Marcus Klaw.jpgMarcus Alonzo Klaw was an United States lawyer, theatrical producer, theatre owner, and a leading figure of the Theatrical Syndicate....
. The two began as a theatrical booking agency in 1886 before expanding into producing plays. In 1896, Klaw & Erlanger joined with Al Hayman
Al Hayman

Al Hayman, also known as Raphael Hayman, was the business partner of the better-known Charles Frohman who together with others established the Theatrical Syndicate in 1896 and as theater empresarios and booking agents helped develop the theater district in New York at the turn of the 20th century....
, Charles Frohman
Charles Frohman

Charles Frohman was a Jewish United States of America theatrical producer.One of three Frohman brothers, he was born in Sandusky, Ohio. He was the youngest, his older brothers being: Daniel Frohman and Gustave Frohman ....
, Samuel F. Nixon, and Fred Zimmerman to form the "Theatrical Syndicate
Theatrical Syndicate

The Theatrical Syndicate was established in New York City, New York in 1896 by producers and investors Charles Frohman, Al Hayman, Abe Erlanger, Marcus Klaw, Samuel F....
." This organization established systemized booking networks throughout the United States and created a monopoly that controlled every aspect of contracts and bookings until the late 1910s when the Shubert brothers broke their stranglehold on the industry.

Klaw & Erlanger controlled most of the theatres in the southern United States and put on their first Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
 production of Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur (play)

Ben Hur was an 1899 play starring William S. Hart and produced by Klaw & Erlanger. It was dramatized by W.M. Young based on the 1880 novel, Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ, written by Lew Wallace....
 in November of 1899. Between then and September 1924, they would produce 238 Broadway plays plus hundreds more at theatres they either owned or leased around the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. As well, their partnership built a number of important theaters including New York City's famous New Amsterdam Theatre
New Amsterdam Theatre

The New Amsterdam Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 214 West 42nd Street in the heart of Times Square in New York City. It is operated by Disney Theatrical Productions, and is currently showing the musical theatre Mary Poppins ....
 in 1903.

They were also involved in film production for some of their plays that were adapted to the screen.

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