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developed into what we recognize as musical theatre. This paper will tell a brief history of how musical theatre, or more specifically, Broadway, developed. There’s one prominent person who helped to establish the basis of Broadway theatre, Florenz Ziegfeld. In 1893 Ziegfeld went to Broadway to secure an act for the Chicago World Fair. At the time, broadway theaters were showing blackface minstrel shows, knockout comedy skits,…

what I want to see in New York. The “Big Apple” has always been intriguing to me. Historical monuments, outrageously priced clothes, the city of lights is where I want to go. New York has many fascinating qualities, but in my eyes the nightlife, broadway shows, and the Staten Island Ferry are most interesting. New York is known as “The city that never sleeps.” Times Square is where the action happens. Known as “The center of the universe.” It is one of the world’s busiest pedestrian…

August Wilson’s key main points in “The Ground on Which I Stand” were based on the type of inequality that took place throughout Broadway theatre productions towards black Americans. “For a black actor to stand on the stage as part of a social milieu that has denied him his culture…” (Wilson 30), was during a time where black Americans were being cast as being seen and not heard or stereotyped in their role on stage. “To cast us in the role of mimics is to deny us our own competence “(Wilson 30)…

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family with the same musical interests (Haynes, 2017). Miranda is famously known for writing the two hit Broadway shows, In The Heights and Hamilton: An American Musical. He has also made many other contributions in music and performing arts in society today. Miranda’s first musical success, In The Heights, took place in his childhood neighborhood of Washington Heights. This was his first Broadway production,…

A small classroom at the basement of The New School building on Greenwich Village turned into a space for a group of college students who are passionate about musical theater. The discussion was the word on everybody’s lips on Broadway this season: diversity. The class, Musical Theater and Race, was led by Dan Dinero, a theater scholar and director who won Best Director at The Fresh Fruit Festival for his work on “The Austerity of Hope”. Discussions ranging from the underlying racial tension on…

attitudes. The changes in spending due to economic growth harbored an egotism that underscored much of what was seen on the Broadway stage in the 1920s. From 1920-1930, Broadway produced more musicals than any other ten-year period, with grossing figures for new musicals and revues reaching unprecedented heights. After the Armistice of 1918, the pleasure-seeking, prohibition-despising, boom-rich American public enabled the musical theatre to revel in a decade of luxury and wastefulness and…

Theatre: a live dramatic performance meant to evoke a certain emotion. When you think theatre you probably think Broadway or the better versed of you might think of Hamilton, which, for those of you who don’t know, is a very popular rap musical currently on Broadway about America’s founding fathers, specifically Alexander Hamilton. Theatre was not always this way though. Theatre began thousands of years ago with cavemen reenacting their kills for their community members. But how exactly did this…

The influence of rock into the Broadway industry started in the 1960´s. As a common agreement, Hair (1967), composed by James Rado and lyricized by Gerome Ragi, is the first show considered as a “Rock Musical.” In this show, the rock songs provided a context of liberal thoughts raised during that time. Thus, the rock reflects a freedom attitude from traditional perceptions. However, it is remarkable to point that the use of rock in Broadway Musicals had several purposes. The show Jesus Christ…

plays in 1961. During the 1960’s to 1980’s he wrote original playwrights and screenplays. His style ranged from romantic comedy to farce to dramatic comedy. He has received 17 Tony nominations and won 3. In one season he had four successful plays on Broadway at the same time. In 1983 he became the only living playwright to have a New York theatre named in his honor, Neil Simon Theatre. It ran for 678 performances and it took Neil Simon three years to write it. This was turning point in Neil…