42nd Street The Musical Analysis

The production I am reacting to is 42nd Street the Musical. The musical was performed at the Cadillac Palace in Chicago. The writer are Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble. The play is about Peggy Sawyer being late for auditions for Pretty Lady ends up a chorus girl then the lead. I really enjoyed watching the musical and also it was my first broadway show. I will be talking about the acting, set design, and structure of the performance. The play itself was well structured. The play had a flow and was consistent. The scene changes were quick. The exposition scene Julian Marsh falls on hard times with both his health and his finances, he helms an ambitious musical as a final production before his retirement. The inciting incident is Peggy Sawyer getting the chorus girl part. The rising action is the love triangle forming with Dorothy Brock and her old boyfriend Pat and Abner. The crisis is Dorothy breaking her ankle from Peggy crashing into her and gets fired. The climax is does Peggy decide to do the musical after being fired. The falling action is Peggy performing the musical and now is a big star. The play did supply us with characters to care about. The character were very believable and interesting.
The acting did call attention to itself. Even though it
The beginning of the play there was a bright yellow light to show the energy and eagerness to get the part in the musical. Dorothy's first song with the shadows gave a mysterious atmosphere. Maggie and Bert’s duet had a pink light because about love and beauty. The set itself was big and the props were easily moveable. There was only a few big scenes that covered the whole stage, but most scenes had little. The story was still brought into the light. The design did aid the actors in their performance. The set design gave the musical a flow. The set design was in the same time period as the costumes. The costume were loose that helped the tappers be able to move