THAR 281 1st Edition Lecture 22 Outline of Last Lecture I. The Golden Age of BroadwayII. Oklahoma!III. Rodgers and HammersteinIV. Men and Women Who Made BroadwayV. West Side StoryVI. GypsyOutline of Current Lecture I. American Post-War Theater Continueda. Arthur Millerb. Death of a Salesmanc. Tennessee WilliamsII. Broadway in the 60’sa. Background of the 1960’sb. A Raisin in the Sunc. Neil Simond. Jerry Hermane. Off Broadwayf. Off-Off BroadwayCurrent LectureI. American Post-War Theater Continueda. Arthur Milleri. Died in 2005; won Pulitzer in 1949ii. Very critical of post war politics in his workiii. Plays are a rebuke of the perfection of Americaiv. Married to Marilyn Monroev. Miller called to testify before the HUAC1. Blacklisted because he didn’t say names of communists he knewb. Death of a Salesmani. Story of Willy Lowman (salesman) and his final daysii. Written in style of selective realismiii. Original production directed by Kazaniv. About the dying/death of the American dreamv. Miller tries to give wake-up call to America about the way it approaches dreamsc. Tennessee Williamsi. Won Pulitzer in 1948 and 1955ii. The most poetic; lyrical quality in his playsiii. Plays have sensational or shocking subject matteriv. Writes about social outcasts in his playsv. Had a very tumultus lifevi. Famous Works: “Glass Menagerie”; “Cat on a Hot Tin”; “Street Car Named Desire”II. Broadway in the 60’sa. Background on the 1960’s i. A period of tumult; lots of struggle and changeii. Affects theater but not Broadway iii. Broadway is filled with musicals and comediesiv. TV and Rock&Roll became competition to Broadway b. A Raisin in the Suni. Written by Hansberryii. Brought African-American theater/Civil Rights to Broadwayc. Neil Simoni. Playwright; born in 1927; still aliveii. Wrote for 40 years; won Pulitzer in 1949iii. Writes comediesiv. Plays relate to New Yorkersv. Famous Works: “Barefoot in the Park”; “The Odd Couple”; “Star Spangled Girl”d. Jerry Hermani. Composer and lyricistii. Known for the hummable quality of his musiciii. Famous Works: “Mame”; “Hello Dollie” ;”Le Cage Aux Folles” e. Off Broadwayi. Movement that started in 1940’s (extension of the Little Theater)ii. Anything not in Broadway district is known as Off-Broadwayiii. Spaces are smaller and more flexibleiv. An anti-commercial movement1. Original purpose wasn’t to make money2. Has now became a commercial thing but still smaller than Broadwayf. Off-Off Broadwayi. Can be anywhere in the city, not just Manhattanii. Even smaller places; very experimentaliii. Non-commercial movement1. Mostly for showcasing workiv. Continue to be an innovative source of theater in
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