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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

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