“Great theatre is about challenging how we think and encouraging us to fantasize a world we aspire to”. Transitioning from underdeveloped theaters to molded theaters, the introduction of the twentieth century brought about a heightened age for Broadway. Broadway in the twentieth century has impacted the lives of Americans by instilling hope and taking part in the advancement of technology, shaping American culture, and acting as a social influence. With the birth of a century came changes and New
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The story “The Masque of the Red Death” is about widespread death and mixed extreme emotions on the plague. Over half of the population has already caught and died from this plague, therefore people are panicked and trying to hide from dying. Prince Prospero gathers all the rich people to live and hide from the deadly plague in his castle. Prince Prospero bolts himself and the other rich people in his castle with plenty of food and liquids to survive for the longest time possible. They put music
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The Lion King: A Live Theatre Report On February 12, 2015, the African savannah was packed up in a box- lions, hyenas, birds and giraffes included- and shipped to Memphis, Tennessee where it transformed the stages of the Orpheum theatre! The Lion King, an adapted musical from the book by Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi, is an exciting and relatable tale of a young lion, Simba, and his journey growing up as the next in line to be king of the savannah. The production takes the audience from the birth
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“The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe is a dark story about a plague that put thousands of lives in danger. A Prince named Prospero brings one thousand friends into his castle and welds shut the doors to keep the red death out and lift the spirits of the people during the very scary time. In the end though, the red death itself comes into the castle and shows Prince Prospero that no one can escape the plague. The theme of this story is that no matter how rich or powerful a person is, no
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There is no question that the vibrant comedy musical "La La Land" swept the 74th Golden Globe Award with its lightness and effortless radiance. Both Stone and Gosling performance led the film into winning various Golden Globes that night. With over seven wins, "La La Land" surpassed the record of six awards held by "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975) and "Midnight Express" (1978), further making its mark in the film realm of comedy musicals from America’s golden age in the 60’s. During her
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exciting things were being able to site see many places like the statue of liberty, Ellis Island, Times Square, the Rockefeller center, and the museum of natural history. It was also fun to be able to go on a today show and NBC Studios tour, see a Broadway show, how
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This short clip depicts the opening scene from the musical The Lion King with singing and dancing to the song The Circle of Life. As the sun slowly rises many different animals celebrate the start of a new day, or the circle of life. This Lion King scene is a very visually appealing musical and makes use of not just the stage but the full arena and actors in costumes and using props are shown walking down the aisles of the theatre. While in the clip that was viewed had a very limited amount of a
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Journeys End Critics …… English literature Frank Scheck - Reuters “Arriving on Broadway years after its triumphant West End production, this revival of the little-seen (at least in America) "Journey's End" demonstrates that this 1929 World War I play by R.C. Sherriff, rather than being a museum piece, has lost none of its power or immediacy…” “Running nearly three hours, the play doesn't contain much in the way of incidents, instead stressing the constant fear and stress permeating the soldiers'
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Cultural Event HUM 111 18 Mar 2013 The theater is an integral part of human life not only because it is one of the traditional forms of art, but also because the theater shows what is hidden within the human soul. Last week I attended a short play “Hughie” by the famous playwright Eugene O'Neill staged by the Shakespeare Theatre Company. The main role was played by an American actor Richard Schiff, known above all for playing Toby Ziegler in the film “The West
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to become a famous playwright. With a lot of hard times and struggles, he reached his goal. Miller went through college with many failed and unpublished plays. Still, he never gave up hope. Finally he hit one success which kept him on the Broadway stage for several decades to come. Arthur Miller is a New York born American playwright who developed a reputation by dealing with political and moral issues through his plays. However, this is just the tip of the iceberg with it comes to the story
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