40's
Hollywood Crime Dramas filmed in Black and white
What is Film Noir?
The playwright who wrote plays on realism and shares a first name with a southern state.
Who is Tennessee Williams?
The president of the United States from 1961-1963. He has a performing Arts center named after him located in Washington, D.C.
Funnyhouse is another word for...
What is a carnival, funhouse, or a madhouse?
A war that resulted in 60 million deaths and brought a rebuilding phase to America.
What is World War 2?
The person who invented the idea of subjective realism
Who is Elia Kazan?
Alongside University theatre, this type of theatre also grew exponentially during the 50s.
People performed this playwrights plays in the park for free and called it "Free _________ in the park".
Who is Shakespeare?
The author of "The Funnyhouse of a Negro" that opened on Off-broadway in 1964.
Who is Adrienne Kennedy?
The intense psychological truth and realistic elements which eliminated nonessentials but retained realistic outlines.
Due to the rising theatre costs...this type of productions began with smaller theatres and more risky/absurd shows.
What is Off-Broadway?
The movement that arose during the mid 50s that changed the idea of rights and power.
What is The Civil Rights Movement?
This play is set in the 60s of Baltimore, Maryland. The play discusses race relations and segregation in America. The show ends with the integration of black and white people on television together.
The playwright of "A Raisin in the Sun"
Who is Lorraine Hansberry?
In 2022, a film about this 60s star was produced and starred Austin Butler who was on Broadway in the 2018 revival of The Iceman Cometh.
Who is Elvis Presley?
This person stated “The person you are is a hundred times more interesting than the best actor you could ever become…” when talking about emotional memory. Their acting technique was used when forming the Actor's Studio in 1947.
Who is Stanislavski?
Theatre's raised ticket prices to compete with film and tv. This form of production was created to provide accessible entertainment to America.
What is Off Off Broadway?
This show was originally released as a theatrical roadshow with mixed responses from critics. It soon became a major commerical success, becoming #1 box office film after 4 weeks and the biggest film of the year 1965. The music is by Rodgers and Hammerstein and the film starred Julie Andrews.
What is The Sound of Music?
Poetry, Plays, and essays during this time often talked about...
What is discrimination, race, and/or gender?
Arthur Miller is a playwright who blends these two -ism's.
What is realism and expressionism?
This musical by Rodgers in Hammerstein opened in 1943 and became the springboard for musicals for the next 30 years.
What is OKLAHOMA!?
A popular musical from the 50s that was recently made into a film starring Rachel Ziegler and directed by Steven Spielberg
What is West Side Story?
In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed this act into law. This law outlawed segregation in businesses such as theatres, restaurants, and hotels.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This play takes place on a subway car. Lula, a white woman, meets Clay, a black man. Lula mocks Clay and tempts him until he is angry. He claims he will never act out on the anger he feels towards white people. Lula stabs Clay and other passengers help throw his body out of the subway car.
James Baldwin the African American writer said "Never before in the entire history of the American theatre had so much of the truth of Black people's lives been seen on the stage" in response to seeing this play in the late 50s.
What is A Raisin in the Sun?