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Transcript of Broadway
Broadway
1700 & 1800’s Pre-theater: alcohol and coffee The New Theater (1750)
Hiatus: Revolutionary War The Park Theater (1798) Niblo’s Garden (1834)
Blackface
1830’s- mid 1900’s
1848: “National Art”
Greasepaint & show polish
Conveyed stereotypes
Skits, comic songs and dances
Vaudevilles
1880’s- 1930’s Featured
variety of acts Appeal to
middle class, women, families
“The Heart of American Show Business”
Broadway Today 1920’s/30’s: Broadway
moved to its location today
12.3 Million in 2011 1 billion dollars worth
of tickets
Off Broadway, Off Off Broadway
Touring
Watch part ofWest Side Story
Create & Perform a skit based on Romeo and Juliet
West Side Story Based on Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet Debuted on Broadway 1957 Celebrated for great music and dance routines