Modern/20th Century TheatreBy Sam Ackerman, Jack

Quire, Hannah Stein and

Sarwar Kokoy

Dates of the Period

Modern time

1900s to present

THEATERS

40 professional theatres in the Theatre District

Known simply as Broadway

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHTS

NEIL SIMON

Wrote in 1963 Barefoot in the Park

Got the Tony Award for his play The Odd Couple in 1965

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TENNESSEE WILLIAMS

Wrote A Streetcar Named Desire and Orpheus Descending

Won the Pultizer Prize for A Streetcar Named Desire

RICHARD RODGERS AND OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN

Created the musical many musicals together including Oklahoma!

SARAH RAHL

Wrote Stage Kiss and The Clean House

She got a Tony Award for the Best Play

ZORA NEAL HURSTON

Wrote during the Harlem Renaisance

Color Struck

FAMOUS PLAYS

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE

Written by Tennessee Williams

Received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948

DEATH OF A SALESMAN

Written by Arthur Miller

WAITING FOR GODOT

Written by Samuel Beckett

OKLAHOMA!

Written by Oscar Hammerstein II

Composed by Richard Rodgers

WICKED

Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwatz

Won numerous awards

FAMOUS ACTORS

IDINA MENZEL

Rent

Wicked - won Tony for Best Actress in a Musical

ETHYL MERMAN

Anything Goes

Annie Get Your Gun

HELEN HAYES

Known as "First Lady of the American Theatre".

Her career spanned 80 years.

won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and tony Award.

JOHN BARRYMORE

The Candy Shop

Uncle Sam

JONATHON GROFF

Spring Awakening

PHILLIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN

Died of overdose of heroin

Portrayed Willy in Death of a Salesman

COMMON THEMES

Realism Impressionism Political themes Minorities