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1、brief introductionBroadway is a street in Manhattan, New York. The street across the island of Manhattan from the south to north. It is the longest and most bustling street in the world. There are a lot of theaters at both sides of the street, so it is the most important cradle(发源地) of drama and mus

2、ical in the United States. Thats why Broadway became a synonym(代名词) of musical. 第1页/共14页This is the street.第2页/共14页These are the night Broadway.American has created a very vivid word -The Great White Way(白色大道), to describe the Broadways beautiful picture in night. 第3页/共14页 “Broadway” actually has th

3、ree meanings: the first meaning is the geographical concept, referring to the 36 Theatres near Times Square; the second meaning is these shows in the Broadway; the third meaning is the Broadway industry, also including some theaters which shows mainly based on Broadway shows but their position are n

4、ot in New York. Overall, Broadway is the peak(巅峰) of Western drama and represents the highest level of artistic achievement and commercial success.第4页/共14页The history of Broadway musical The Broadway musical originated in the 19th century. Broadway has become the center of drama in that time. In the

5、 1920s, Broadway shows were in a period of great prosperity(鼎盛时期), but the good times put an end in the 1930s because of Economic Crisis. Today, Broadway musical become New Yorks main stage shows. They are no longer confined to Broadway, or even tour(巡回演出) the world. 第5页/共14页Classical musicalFeature

6、s of Broadway musicals have a strong commercial color(商业色彩) and entertainment(娱乐性), just like the Hollywood film industry, including millions of dollars in production costs, luxury dazzling stage, superstars with extraordinary skills, understandable plot. They are frameworks(骨架) to build musicals en

7、during(持久的) success.第6页/共14页Famous people Many Hollywood stars are coming out from the Broadway stage. One example is Julie Andrews, she was found by director because she was the actress in the musical The Sound of Music”. Then she changed direction to the screen and became the American screen idols

8、 in 1960s. There were a lot of musicians in Broadway; the most famous is Andrew Lloyd Webber. He was born in London and fond of music in childhood. He created many musicals which were handed down from his age(传世之作). He also wrote music for films. 第7页/共14页Julie Andrews 第8页/共14页Andrew Lloyd Webber第9页/

9、共14页Tony Award American Theatre Association set up a Tony Award by the name of a famous American actress and director Antoine Bennett Perez in 1946.It is famous in the musical industry just like the Oscar award in film industry. It gives 19 awards to Broadway shows annually, such as the best drama a

10、ward, best Director Award, best actor and actress awards and so on. Winner Receives only gold medal, no prize money.第10页/共14页The InfluenceBroadway, the meaning of the word today is not just focused on this street or the theater; people use the word to refer to the essence of American drama. So that

11、an actors name appear in a Broadway Theater is the symbol of real success. 第11页/共14页 When a musical has a successful performance in Broadway Theater, it will be famous throughout the United States and throughout the whole Western world. So the musical will be performed in various places. From the same token, the majority of successful musicals in America will move to Broadway Theater, and then it will be advanced to other places by Broadways repute.第12页/共14页Today, Broadway musica

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