Reunion | Compare and Contrast
1970s: Beginning in the 1960s, regional theaters and theaters associated with colleges and universities become an important testing ground for innovative playwrights such as Mamet. The increasing popularity of off-Broadway and off-off- Broadway theater venues offers a forum for avant-garde playwrights. Some of these serious and innovative plays are eventually performed on Broadway, once they have been proven on the smaller stage.
Today: Because of the perceived need for greater and greater profits, Broadway productions focus almost exclusively on flashy, highly...
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