Broadway

1700 & 1800’s Pre-theater: alcohol and coffee The New Theater (1750)

Hiatus: Revolutionary War The Park Theater (1798) Niblo’s Garden (1834)

Blackface

1830’s- mid 1900’s

1848: “National Art”

Greasepaint & show polish

Conveyed stereotypes

Skits, comic songs and dances

Vaudevilles

1880’s- 1930’s Featured

variety of acts Appeal to

middle class, women, families

“The Heart of American Show Business”

Broadway Today 1920’s/30’s: Broadway

moved to its location today

12.3 Million in 2011 1 billion dollars worth

of tickets

Off Broadway, Off Off Broadway

Touring

Watch part ofWest Side Story

Create & Perform a skit based on Romeo and Juliet

West Side Story Based on Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet Debuted on Broadway 1957 Celebrated for great music and dance routines