Editing Princeton Triangle Club (section)

===Professionalization and emerging stars===
During the early 1920s, New York performances began to be booked at the [[Metropolitan Opera House (39th Street)|Metropolitan Opera House]], although initially there was some concern whether they could fill such a large theatre and whether the men's voices would be strong enough. 

Late in 1923, there were negotiations concerning a possible radio broadcast, and in the same year Triangle's music publisher, [[J. Church Co.]], corresponded with the [[Victor Talking Machine Company]] about a trial recording. But the major event during this decade was the planning and construction of McCarter Theatre for the Triangle Club. The completed theatre opened on February 21, 1930, with a performance of ''The Golden Dog''. McCarter replaced the long-controversial Casino, which burned on January 8, 1924.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stephenson |first=George S. |title=Triangle Club |url=https://www.princetonianamuseum.org/reference/8bd575b1-b1a9-46ba-bd6e-ad3a4fba5d5a |access-date=January 2, 2024 |website=Princetoniana Museum}}</ref>

Here began the Golden Period for which the Triangle Club became famous, in terms of its eventual contribution of outstanding talent to the Broadway theatre and Hollywood. Within a few years the club would send forth into these professional realms [[Erik Barnouw]] '29; [[Norris Houghton|C. Norris Houghton]], [[Joshua Logan]], and [[Myron McCormick]], all Class of 1931; [[James Stewart]] '32;<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 1, 1998 |title=Triangle Club to Remember Jimmy Stewart |pages=29 |work=Town Topics (Princeton)}}</ref> [[José Ferrer]] '33; and [[Nick Foran]] '34.

The 1935 show, ''Stags at Bay'', featured "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)", written by [[Brooks Bowman]], which would become the most popular and longest-lasting national hit ever to come out of the Triangle Club. Recorded by [[Frank Sinatra]] and [[Louis Armstrong]], among many others, "East of the Sun" still provides the club with royalties. Other songs from the same show, by Bowman, included "Love and Dime" and "Will Love Find a Way?"