A powerpoint presentation based on the Drama course offered by the School of Foreign Languages (STIBA IEC), Jakarta, Indonesia

2. Farah Diba Melani sadono
• Why “Broadway”?
• Broadway History
• The Developers
• Broadway 1920s and Now
• The differences 1920s &
Now
• Broadway Theatres
• Off-Broadway & US Tours
• Musical Performances
• Long-running shows
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3. Located in
Theatre
District, New
York, and in
Lincoln Center,
in Manhattan,
New York City

4.  The Highest professional form of theatre in the United
States
 Broadway theatre refers to a performance (usually a play
or musicals) staged in one of the thirty-nine larger
professional theatres
 With 500 seats or more which appeal to the mass
audience
 Broadway Productions and artists are honored every
June. The Antoinette Perry Awards (Tony Award) are
awarded by the American Theatre Wing and the
Broadway League

5. Aronson, Rudolph
(1856-1919), producer
and composer. The New
York-born entrepreneur
conceived and built the
Casino Theatre, which
opened in 1882 as the
first playhouse designed
specifically for
Broadway musicals.

6. (July 15, 1856 – May 7, 1915) (May 29, 1858 – June 14, 1936)

8. THE DIFFERENCES
1920s
 Influenced by World
War I, “Roaring
Twenties” decades.
 The introduction of
African-American actors,
“Black Theatre” to
Broadway stage.
 Non-Profit Productions
and offered quality
theater at prices
affordable.
 Provided training ground
for new actors.
NOW
 Has 39 official
Broadway theatres.
 Different number of
productions that play
depending on production
set close and open
within the same season
each year.
 Commercial productions
intended to make a
profit for the producers
and investors.

9. Fox woods Theatre
213 West 42nd Street
1813 seats
Majestic Theatre
247 West 44th Street
1615 seats
Winter Garden
Theatre
1634 Broadway
1513 seats

11.  Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway Shows
often provide a more experimental,
challenging and Intimate performance
than is possible in the larger Broadway
theatres
 Successful runs in Broadway theatres,
producers often remount their productions
with a new cast and crew for the Broadway
National Tour (US Tours), which travels to
theaters in major cities across the country

13.  On January 9, 2006,
The Phantom of the Opera
at the Majestic Theatre
became the longest running
musicals with 7,486 performances.
 It overtook Cats.