THAR 281 1st Edition Lecture 22 Outline of Last Lecture I The Golden Age of Broadway II Oklahoma III Rodgers and Hammerstein IV Men and Women Who Made Broadway V West Side Story VI Gypsy Outline of Current Lecture I American Post War Theater Continued a Arthur Miller b Death of a Salesman c Tennessee Williams II Broadway in the 60 s a Background of the 1960 s b A Raisin in the Sun c Neil Simon d Jerry Herman e Off Broadway f Off Off Broadway Current Lecture I American Post War Theater Continued a Arthur Miller i Died in 2005 won Pulitzer in 1949 ii Very critical of post war politics in his work iii Plays are a rebuke of the perfection of America iv Married to Marilyn Monroe v Miller called to testify before the HUAC 1 Blacklisted because he didn t say names of communists he knew b Death of a Salesman i Story of Willy Lowman salesman and his final days ii Written in style of selective realism iii Original production directed by Kazan iv About the dying death of the American dream v Miller tries to give wake up call to America about the way it approaches dreams c Tennessee Williams i ii iii iv v vi II Won Pulitzer in 1948 and 1955 The most poetic lyrical quality in his plays Plays have sensational or shocking subject matter Writes about social outcasts in his plays Had a very tumultus life Famous Works Glass Menagerie Cat on a Hot Tin Street Car Named Desire Broadway in the 60 s a Background on the 1960 s i A period of tumult lots of struggle and change ii Affects theater but not Broadway iii Broadway is filled with musicals and comedies iv TV and Rock Roll became competition to Broadway b A Raisin in the Sun i Written by Hansberry ii Brought African American theater Civil Rights to Broadway c Neil Simon i Playwright born in 1927 still alive ii Wrote for 40 years won Pulitzer in 1949 iii Writes comedies iv Plays relate to New Yorkers v Famous Works Barefoot in the Park The Odd Couple Star Spangled Girl d Jerry Herman i Composer and lyricist ii Known for the hummable quality of his music iii Famous Works Mame Hello Dollie Le Cage Aux Folles e Off Broadway i Movement that started in 1940 s extension of the Little Theater ii Anything not in Broadway district is known as Off Broadway iii Spaces are smaller and more flexible iv An anti commercial movement 1 Original purpose wasn t to make money 2 Has now became a commercial thing but still smaller than Broadway f Off Off Broadway i Can be anywhere in the city not just Manhattan ii Even smaller places very experimental iii Non commercial movement 1 Mostly for showcasing work iv Continue to be an innovative source of theater in NY
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