Working The Musical Analysis
Mahir Syed
Intro to Theatre
Working the musical
Working, the musical, portrays the struggles that many workers have to deal with in a capitalistic society. The musical attempts to show it’s viewers that all people, no matter if they make minimum wage or two hundred thousand dollars a year, have made significant contributions to their society. The City College rendition of Working does a great job of conveying the message that this play attempts to send. They do this by having phenomenal acting, great costumes, and outstanding music.
The acting was terrific in this play, I was amazed by how all the characters were not just able to stay in their roles, but those who played different roles were able to fluidly transition from one role to the other. In particular, I was captivated by the actor who played the old man watching the fire, not only was he hilarious, he also depicts the life of an old retired person very well. The fact that a man is so perplexed by just a fire shows …show more content…
Seeing the four people actually playing the music behind us made it seem a lot more like a musical, because if we didn’t see them, we would assume that the tunes were just recorded and it makes it feel less original, the four of them did a great job. The actors on the other hand could have done a better job, It seemed that when they sang in chorus is was really nice and I would be able to understand everything, but some singers would sign solo and it would be very hard to understand what was being said. I thought that the choreography was sensational, every character knew where they were and they were completely in sync. I came in a state of confusion as I had never seen a musical before, and I wasn’t sure how a story would be told through music, however this play does a satisfying job in using the music to show how the progression of the
Intro to Theatre
Working the musical
Working, the musical, portrays the struggles that many workers have to deal with in a capitalistic society. The musical attempts to show it’s viewers that all people, no matter if they make minimum wage or two hundred thousand dollars a year, have made significant contributions to their society. The City College rendition of Working does a great job of conveying the message that this play attempts to send. They do this by having phenomenal acting, great costumes, and outstanding music.
The acting was terrific in this play, I was amazed by how all the characters were not just able to stay in their roles, but those who played different roles were able to fluidly transition from one role to the other. In particular, I was captivated by the actor who played the old man watching the fire, not only was he hilarious, he also depicts the life of an old retired person very well. The fact that a man is so perplexed by just a fire shows …show more content…
Seeing the four people actually playing the music behind us made it seem a lot more like a musical, because if we didn’t see them, we would assume that the tunes were just recorded and it makes it feel less original, the four of them did a great job. The actors on the other hand could have done a better job, It seemed that when they sang in chorus is was really nice and I would be able to understand everything, but some singers would sign solo and it would be very hard to understand what was being said. I thought that the choreography was sensational, every character knew where they were and they were completely in sync. I came in a state of confusion as I had never seen a musical before, and I wasn’t sure how a story would be told through music, however this play does a satisfying job in using the music to show how the progression of the