Theatres

Theatre is the branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle. The most recognisable figures in theatre are the directors, playwrights and actors, a scenic or set designer, lighting designer, costume designer, sound designer, dramaturg, stage manager, and production manager

Musical theatre is a theatrical genre in which the primary means of performance is through singing and music. Comedy focuses on a problem that leads to some form of catastrophe with a happy and joyful outcome.

Farce is a comic dramatic piece that uses highly improbable situations, stereotyped characters, extravagant exaggeration, and violent horseplay. Romantic comedy is a medley of clever scheming, calculated coincidence, and wondrous discovery. Black comedy tests the boundaries of good taste and moral acceptability by juxtaposing morbid or ghastly elements with comical ones. Melodrama is originally, a sentimental drama with musical underscoring. Tragedy treats in a serious and dignified style the sorrowful or terrible events encountered or caused by a heroic individual. In Theatre of the Absurd characters are engaged in an absurd, that is meaningless, activity or life. Theatres In finds that US awards in theatre include Tony Award, Lucille Lortel Award, Drama Desk Award, Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards, Joseph Jefferson Award, among others.

History
Professional theater in America is usually thought to have begun with the Lewis Hallam troupe which arrived in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1752. Throughout the 18th century there was widespread opposition to theatrical performances. Throughout the 19th century, many preachers continued to warn against attending plays as being sinful. Vaudeville was common in the late 19th and early 20th century. The massive social change that went on during the Great Depression of the early 20th century made the US plays took on social roles, identifying with immigrants and the unemployed. After World War II several American playwrights, such as Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams, became world-renowned. Notable contemporary American playwrights include Tony Kushner, David Henry Hwang, and Wendy Wasserstein. Nowadays, drama is also taught in high schools and colleges. Wikipedia

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