THAR 281 1st Edition Lecture 17Outline of Last LectureI. Broadway declinesII. John Kinder and Fred EbbIII. Stephan SondheimIV. Andrew WebberV. 1975 Chorus LineVI. 1979 Sweeney ToddOutline of Current Lecture I.Current Lecture – New voices in theatreI. African American Theatres tried to answer the question of representation and portrayal of their race. Ensamble theatre in Houston, classical theatre of Harlem, Black representative in St. Louis. II. Latino Theatres all address difficulty and complexity of combining cultures. Chicano theatres were in southern California and founded by Balbez. They staged informative skits for migrant workers to educate them of their rights. Also there was a theatre with Cuban influence in Miami, and a Puerto Rico influenced theatre in New York. III. Asian Theatres are located in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and New York. There are thirty companies and all of them struggle for visibility. IV. Homosexuality are portrayed negatively and unmoral. In 1968 the boys in the band was the first to present gays without judgment. This led to regularly seeing gay characters and later gay playwrights. V. August Wilson was a playwright of poetic realism. He wrote ten plays known as the pittsburg cycle. They explore the black experience over the 20th century. However, these plays are not in chronological order. Each play is a different decade. Also, the characters in one play usually weren’t the same in the next. His famous works are ma Rainey’s blackThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.bottom, the piano lesson, fences, and Joe Turner’s come and gone. Common themes aresocial mobility, identity, and religion. VI. Maria Fornes experimented with experimental theatre and Avant Garde theatre. Her plays were usually about gender and social roles with income and wealth themes. She won 8-9 ovie awards. Her famous works are fefu and her friends and mud. VII. Carol Churchill wrote as a feminist. She used Brecht techniques to critique on gender and sexuality. She also used cross gender and race casting for her plays. Her works are cloud 9 and top
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