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The Great White Way

The Great White Way. A Brief History of Broadway. The Great White Way. Broadway is the street in New York that has come to symbolize live theater entertainment throughout the world.

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The Great White Way

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  1. The Great White Way A Brief History of Broadway

  2. The Great White Way • Broadway is the street in New York that has come to symbolize live theater entertainment throughout the world. • Today the area, known to tourists and theater-goers, stretches from W.41st Street, where the Nederlander Theater is located, up to W. 53rd Street's Broadway Theater. • Only four theaters are located physically on Broadway, the Marquis at 46th Street, the Palace at 47th Street, the Winter Garden at 50th Street and the Broadway at 53rd. • All the other legitimate houses are located east or west of this twelve block stretch.

  3. Imported From Europe • Because America was a land of freshly arriving immigrants, most theater was imported from Europe. • Plays and operettas were deeply entrenched in a heavy style soon to be identified as "Victorian". Victorian Operetta- Carmen

  4. The American Takeover • The great American playwrights didn't appear until the 1920's, and most plays were formula contrivances of morality with young maidens, Dapper Dan heroes and the required shady evil villain who was always hissed and booed. • (The style of acting of the day would be considered "over the top“)

  5. The American Takeover • Americans started having a greater impact when novelists wanted their books to become plays • Daniel Frohman-Wanted to see a play about alligators, pirates and flying. • Frohman approached author J.M Barrie to create such a novel. • Barrie then created the novel, Peter Pan. • Frohman was able to adapt the play shortly thereafter, and it became extremely successful.

  6. Quick Facts • *Schedules-There’s eight performances a week, • Tuesday-Sunday. • *Numbers-There are forty Broadway theaters in total. • *Runs-A play runs for as long as it is popular, and • ticket sales are up. • *Awards-The Tony Awards are the most prestigious • American Theater awards show. • *Audience-On average, 12.5 million people visit • Broadway each year.

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