2. Dates of the Period Modern time 1900s to present

3. THEATERS 40 professional theatres in the Theatre District Known simply as Broadway

4. FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHTS

5. NEIL SIMON Wrote in 1963 Barefoot in the Park Got the Tony Award for his play The Odd Couple in 1965 www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3IKrYzbDdc

6. TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Wrote A Streetcar Named Desire and Orpheus Descending Won the Pultizer Prize for A Streetcar Named Desire

7. RICHARD RODGERS AND OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN Created the musical many musicals together including Oklahoma!

8. SARAH RAHL Wrote Stage Kiss and The Clean House She got a Tony Award for the Best Play

9. ZORA NEAL HURSTON Wrote during the Harlem Renaisance Color Struck

10. FAMOUS PLAYS

11. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Written by Tennessee Williams Received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948

12. DEATH OF A SALESMAN Written by Arthur Miller

13. WAITING FOR GODOT Written by Samuel Beckett

14. OKLAHOMA! Written by Oscar Hammerstein II Composed by Richard Rodgers

15. WICKED Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwatz Won numerous awards

16. FAMOUS ACTORS

17. IDINA MENZEL Rent Wicked - won Tony for Best Actress in a Musical

18. ETHYL MERMAN Anything Goes Annie Get Your Gun

19. HELEN HAYES Known as "First Lady of the American Theatre". Her career spanned 80 years. won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and tony Award.

20. JOHN BARRYMORE The Candy Shop Uncle Sam

21. JONATHON GROFF Spring Awakening

22. PHILLIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN Died of overdose of heroin Portrayed Willy in Death of a Salesman

23. COMMON THEMES

24.  Realism  Impressionism  Political themes  Minorities