Editing Princeton Triangle Club (section)

===Post-war comeback===
In November 1945, the University Committee on Undergraduate Activities issued a report describing Triangle as controversial. The first post-war show, ''Clear the Track'', opened in December 1946 and even managed a seven-city tour. But Triangle was beset with problems the following year for ''All Rights Reserved'' (1947–48). ''The Daily Princetonian'' reported, "All Rights pretty nearly weren't reserved. A play by the same name had fizzled on Broadway for a bare month, in 1934, and the petulant playwright threatened to sue. Hasty consultation with a Broadway lawyer revealed that the author could not possibly win the suit and that matter was closed." The club resolved tricky labor questions by employing union stagehands and music-hirelings, putting the later to work first in [[Philadelphia]], where they were made to earn their fee by playing with the regular orchestra, and then in Washington, where they provided the intermission music.

Despite ongoing debate in the 1950s about the club's obligations to theatrical professionalism, as well as its questionable effect on the university's reputation, Triangle continued to reach a wider audience through greater media exposure. 

In 1948, ''All in Favor'' was broadcast on [[WNBC-TV]], becoming the first college show to appear on the new medium of television. The entire score of ''Too Hot for Toddy'' (1950–51) was recorded, and members of the cast appeared on ''[[The Kate Smith Show]]'' and [[Ed Sullivan]]'s ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show|Toast of the Town]]''. Club productions appeared on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' from 1950 to 1957.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Armstrong |first=April C. |date=December 12, 2016 |title=This Week in Princeton History for December 12–18 |url=https://universityarchives.princeton.edu/2016/12/this-week-in-princeton-history-for-december-12-18/}}</ref> 

During the Christmas tour to [[Cincinnati]], the club's appearance was combined with a large-scale alumni gathering.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 16, 1951 |title=December 29 is big Princeton Date; "Never Say Horses" will be Staged |pages=Section 4, p. 1 |work= [[The Cincinnati Enquirer]]}}</ref>

Finally, in 1953, a memorandum of agreement was drawn up between Princeton University and the Trustees of the Triangle Club abrogating the McCarter agreement of the 1920s. The club had been unable to cover operating expenses and pay the taxes of the theatre. A full-time general manager was hired for McCarter, and the university, which had been underwriting Triangle's losses, agreed to cancel the club's debts.

A 1955 study stated that there were ninety or more members of the club, and that most of the men participated in the Christmas tour. A third of them said that they had participated in theatrical productions before enrolling at Princeton. Most members were also active in a collegiate sport.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hare |first=A. Paul |date=1955 |title=An Evaluation of Extra-Curriculum Activities |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/442199 |journal= [[The School Review]] |language=en |volume=63 |issue=3 |pages=164–168 |doi=10.1086/442199 |issn=0036-6773|url-access=subscription }}</ref>