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BROADWAY
07.
昌晏菱
12.
葉庭瑄
13.
劉依婷Slide2
CONTENTS
A history of Broadway
Broadway musical Famous
Play
Top 10 Greatest MusicalsSlide3
BROADWAY
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BROADWAY
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A history of Broadway
Broadway is
synonymous with(
等同於
)
theater, but for most New Yorkers it is a
boulevard(
大道路
)
that
stretches(
延伸
)
through(
從
…
直至
)
the
boroughs(
自治市鎮
)
of Manhattan(
曼哈頓
) and the Bronx(
布隆克斯區
,
紐約市最北的一區
). Slide6
A history of Broadway
First called the
Wickquasgeck
Trail(
百老匯
) by the native Americans that
used to(
過去時常
) roam(
在
…
漫步
)
the island of Manhattan in
pre-colonial(
殖民前期
)
days, Broadway went through a
series(
連續
)
of
transformations(
變化
)
that gave it its
rich(
有很多
…
的
)
history and
character(
特色
)
.Slide7
A history of Broadway
Being one of the first
electrified(
震驚的
)
streets in New York and the
entire(
全部的
)
United States
earned it the nickname(
給
…
一個綽號
)
“The Great White Way”,
due to(
由於
)
the bright lights that shined
throughout(
遍布
)
the night. Slide8
A history of Broadway
Previously(
以前
)
named “The Rialto” or “The Main Stem”, the Theater District or more commonly known as Broadway is the
heart(
中心
)
of New York’s
cultural(
文化的
)
scene(
地點
)
and the
home of(
發源地
)
some of the most important theater companies in the world.Slide9
Broadway meaning
a street
in New York City with many theaters where you can see
popular
plays and musicals.Slide10
A history of Broadway
Some cite The Elves
,
which ran in 1857, as the
first Broadway musical.Slide11
A history of Broadway
The Lyceum Theater, opening in 1903, is the oldest surviving(
存留
) Broadway theater still in use(
在使用中
).Slide12
A history of Broadway
1927's Show Boat, by Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern, is considered by many to be the first "musical play”Slide13
A history of Broadway
1971 saw two rock musical takes on the life of Jesus, Webber and Rice's Jesus Christ Superstar and Stephen Schwartz's
Godspell
.(considered the first "rock opera") Slide14
A history of Broadway
Walt Disney entered the Broadway scene with 1994's biggest moneymaker Beauty and the Beast, while 1997's The Lion King continues its ever-popular run.Slide15
BROADWAY PICTURE
NOWSlide16
Fourth Broadway
Musical Famous
PlaySlide17
cats
This all-dance show's action is set on a gigantic
rubbish dump(
垃圾場
)
which, after dark, becomes alive with cats of
all types(
各種類型
),
shapes and sizes. Soon there are cats all over the place, including the
auditorium(
禮堂
), gathering(
聚集
)
for the
Jellicle
Ball during which one cat will be
selected(
選擇
)
by the
Jellicle
Leader and
allotted(
分配
)
an extra precious life. Slide18
The phantom of the opera
Cristine
Daae
, a young
soprano(
女高音
)
, has a
unconventional(
不常
規
的
)
relationship with the Phantom of the Opera. Raoul, a
childhood
friend of
Cristine
, comes back to win over her heart. As the
tension(
緊張關係
)
between these three
heates
up, everyone‘s fate seems to rest in
Cristine’s
hands. Who will she choose? Her childhood
sweetheart(
戀人
)
?
Or her deepest
desire(
渴望
)
?
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les
miserables
Jean
Valjean
, known as Prisoner 24601, is released from prison and breaks
parole(
假釋
)
to create a new life for himself while
evading(
逃避
)
the grip
of
the persistent(
不斷的
) Inspector(
檢查員
)
Javert
. Set in
post-revolutionary(
革命
)
France, the story reaches
resolution(
決定
)
against the background of the
June
Rebellion
(
叛亂
)
. Slide20
Chicago
An American
G.I.
falls in love with a
Vietnamese
(
越南人
)prostitute
(
妓女
)
while
stationed
(
進駐
)
in
Saigon during the Vietnam War. They are
separated
(
分離
)
when
the
country
falls
(
國家衰落
)
,
until she returns to his life years later, in this musical
inspired
(
有靈感的
)
by the
opera
(
歌劇
)
Madame Butterfly.Slide21
Top 10 Greatest MusicalsSlide22
Top 10
Mamma Mia! – 4,643 performancesSlide23
Top 9
Rent – 5,123 performancesSlide24
Top 8
Beauty and the Beast – 5,461 performancesSlide25
Top 7
Oh! Calcutta! – 5,959 performancesSlide26
Top 6
A Chorus Line – 6,137 performancesSlide27
Top 5
The Lion King – 6,281 performancesSlide28
Top 4
Les
Miserables
– 6,680 performancesSlide29
Top 3
Chicago – 6,692 performancesSlide30
Top 2
Cats – 7,485 performancesSlide31
Top 1
The Phantom of the Opera – 10,367 performancesSlide32
THE END