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Theater in United States


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Broadway theater

-refers to theatrical performances presentedin professional theatres with 500 seats or

more is usually considered to represent the

highest level of commercial theatre in

the English-speaking world.


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Brief history

1750- actor-managers Walter Murray and

Thomas Kean established the Theatre on

Nassau Street. They primarily presented

Shakespearean works and ballad operaslike "The Beggar's Opera."

1753-the growth of theatre in New

York continued when a company of twelve

actors led by Lewis Hallam relocated from

Williamsburg, Virginia to New York..


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Brief history

1798- the first true Broadway Theatre

was built, the Park Theatre seated 2,000

people and was centrally located in the

city.

1826-The Bowery Theatre was built, 1

attempted to compete with the ParkTheatre for the high-class crowd.

(Edwin Forest)


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Brief history

1829-Niblo's Garden opened and began to

top the Park Theatre as New York's

premiere nightspot.

Astor Place Theatre- change the face of not

only theatre, but the city of New York.(William Charles Macready)


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Brief history

May 10th (Astor Place riot) Astor Place

production began 20,000 peoplesurrounded the theatre with stones in

hand. Attempts were made to light the

theatre on fire, but failed.

y The Respectable and Working Class


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Brief history

Some notable persons of this time

y Junius Brutus Booth

y John Wilkes Booth

--September 12th, 1866- a new theatrical

movement began that was wholly American and

would change the face of theatre."

The BlackCrook" and was the first musical in the modern

sense.


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OffBroadway

-an umbrella term for a defined set

of plays, musicals or revues performed

in New York City but outside the definition

of Broadway theatre.


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Brief history

Originally referring to the location of a venueand its productions on a streetintersecting Broadway in Manhattan's Theatre

District, the hub of the theater industry inthe United States, the term later becamedefined by the League of Off-BroadwayTheatres and Producers as a professional

venue in New York City with a seatingcapacity between 99 and 500, or a specificproduction that appears in such a venue, andwhich adheres to related trade union and

other contracts.


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Childrens theater

has become a catchall term which includes

both plays performed by children for other

children and plays performed by adults forchildren.

Traditionally, there has been a tendency for

material to be drawn from fairy tales


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Summer stock

a theatre that generally presents stageproductions only in the summer time in theUnited States.

Summer + stock

It started on 1920s with three theater

The classic summer stock season runsbetween June and October.


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Summer stock

Specialization

Shakespearean plays

Musical

Opera

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