THAR 281 1st Edition Lecture 23 Outline of Last 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 Outline of Current Lecture I Broadway in the 1960 s Continued a Avante Garde b Joseph Papp c The Fantasticks d Regional Theaters e Hair II Theater in the 1970 s Growing Disillusionment a Broadway s Decline b African American Theaters c Latino Theaters Current Lecture Broadway in the 1960 s Continued I Avante Garde a A group of people leading the way b Artists push boundaries of theater forward c Emergence of performance art during this period i Performance Art performance that doesn t fit full definition of theater d Happenings come about i Happenings usually single performances or a single run 3 4 in a row somewhat improvisational usually boundaries were unclear between audience and performers e Founding of many theater groups i Living Theater founded by Julian Beck and Judith Malina II III IV V ii heavily influenced by Artaud s Theater of Cruelty shattering of audiences false reality iii sought to move society from competitive to communal experience continues to produce but not popular anymore Joseph Papp a Fosters the Off Broadway movement i Does so by mentoring up and coming theaters b Works to create sense of community c 1954 founds New York Shakespeare Festival Shakespeare in the Park d 1967 founded the Public Theater i Both things he founded are Off Broadway Entities e One of first directors to aggressively seek out color blind casting i Ethnicity didn t matter gave role to the best actor f Worked hard to increase visibility of colored people on stage The Fantasticks a Showed up in 1960 written by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones b Played at Sullivan Street Playhouse in lower Manhattan during its Off Broadway time c The longest running musical EVER ran for 42 years i Had small cast ii Simple to produce and run iii Simple show in plot and setting d Takes advantage of theatricality which is why it s often performed Regional Theaters a Due to the creation of the NEA NEA National Endowment of the Arts b Cities across America had access to topical professional theater as a result c Regional theaters became proving grounds for shows that might eventually go to Broadway d Run into increasing trouble as a result of cuts to funding on the national state levels e Notable regional theaters The Guthrie The Alley Arena Stage Actors Theater of Louisville Hair a Put on Broadway in 1968 musical about young people b Full of Rock Roll and soul music c Very flimsy plot d Very critical of the war in Vietnam controversial e Has exclusive references to sexual practices and drug use nudity appears there s audience participation for singing and dancing f Sang a bunch of radio songs revival in 2007 Theater in the 1970 s Growing Disillusionment VI Broadway Decline a Broadway is less relevant and less attended b TV is now very popular c Blue Hairification older audience which is main Broadway audience begins to die off d White Flight and Urban Decay cause decline i White Flight White people move out of cities and into the suburbs ii Urban Decay times square becomes dirty and dangerous e Less shows are being produced VII African American Theaters a Focused on giving opportunity for black communities to become more visible b Classical Theater of Harlem The Black Rep and Ensemble Theater in Houston got national press along with many others VIII Latino Theaters a Chicano Theater Movement i Emerges in Southern California ii Starts off as political protest theater b Cuban American Theater Movement i Began in Miami ii Nilo Cruz is prominent playwright c Puerto Rican Theater i Takes place in New York d Deal with combining clashing cultures7
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