Contextual understanding: Historical, Social Context

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

The musical is based in the early 2000s. Technology is becoming more advanced for examples, Computers, Phones, Transports.

Also in this time Manhattan was the rough side if NYC
Manhattan has been described as the economic and cultural centre of the United States. It has also been called the financial capital of the world.
Manhattan's real estate market is among the most expensive in the world.
Manhattan which is linked to New York and is the biggest world attraction and brings in over 50 millions annual visitors.

New York's five boroughs overview
Jurisdiction		Population	Land area
Borough	County	1 July 2012 Estimates	square miles	square km
Manhattan	New York	1,619,090	23	59
The Bronx	Bronx	1,408,473	42	109
Brooklyn	Kings	2,565,635	71	183
Queens	Queens	2,272,771	109	283
Staten Island	Richmond	470,728	58	151
City of New York		8,336,697	303	786
State of New York		19,570,261	47,214	122,284

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOCIAL CONTEXT

The Social Context of this play is that they are all working class. They all have normal jobs such as hairdressing, dispatch. Most of the jobs aren't highly paid. Nearly all of the characters have many dreams such as owning a business. Also, all of the characters don't really want to live in Manhattan, they either want to go to there home country or somewhere better than NYC.