The Theory Of Relativity Play Analysis

The play I attended was The Theory of Relativity. It was directed by Dr. Anne Healy, based off of the book, “The Theory of Relativity” by Neil Bartram and music and lyrics by Brian Hill. The musical showed how the cast, Mira, Adam, Catherine, Phillip, Mike, Ryan, Caroline, Julie, Amy, Paul, Suzanne, Jenny, Sara, Jon, Oliver, and Anthony all had their own story which somehow connected together. Throughout this paper, I will be reviewing four topics. Beginning with the audience’s influence, to the aural presentation, then the characters and ending with the writing. First, the audience’s influence did not have a negative effect on me. At the beginning of the play, a couple of friends and I did not expect much from the musical but throughout it, we ended up enjoying it. For the duration of the musical, the audience including
Some of the actresses, particularly, Mira was very good at making me as an audience member feel the emotion in her voice throughout her song. There were some other characters who just played their part like they were supposed to, but a handful of them really amazed me. Their feelings connected to their stories in the show and I was able to understand them and feel the emotions that they were aiming for. Because the actors and actresses did such a great job, I was able to enjoy the show even more. Lastly, the writing and dialogue of the musical was great. There were characters who had comical stories that helped lighten up the sad stories. I personally think the show had the perfect amount of emotions tied into it, ranging from happy to tragic to hilarious. In my opinion, the personal stories were perfectly assigned to the actors and actresses because their roles felt so real that their stories felt almost as if it was his/her true life story. Because all of the stories interconnected to each other in a unique way, it made the storyline even better than I had