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    The Musical Hairspray

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    have seen or have listened to. I have never seen any shows live‚ only on television or video cassettes. In New York‚ I finally got to lose my broadway virginity and was able to watch what a real broadway show looks like‚ and I couldn’t have picked a better musical than Hairspray. This musical has one of the most imaginative set design‚ incredible and catchy music‚ and important messages. When entering the theatre‚ I had a different view on the musical Hairspray. Like many I had watched the Ricki Lake

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    Behavior of Human “By Any Other Name”‚ by Santha Rama Rau‚ is about two sisters‚ Santha and Premila‚ who were forced to fit British culture in the time period when British ruled India. They have never been sent to school until their mother‚ who always taught them at home‚ got sick. Therefore‚ they had to attend a British school where there was too British. On the first day of school‚ the headmistress forced them to change their Indian names to English names. In class‚ they and all other Indian children

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    Modern Day Musicals

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    like random pieces of information that do not relate at all‚ but the truth is they all have one factor in common‚ they are some of the most popular musicals in history. The Wizard of Oz‚ Mary Poppins‚ and Fiddler on the Roof‚ are just

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    Musical Paper

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    interested in music and upon hearing that we will be watching a musical concert we felt excited. The music pieces used in concert were based on Rizal’s travelling expeditions all over Europe. It was mainly classical music and we were amazed by how Sal Malaki sang because nowadays‚ people are so into pop that they have forgotten the beauty of music as a whole‚ including the other genres‚ especially the classics. The concert was amazing all throughout and it was a show that any music lover would regret

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    Console Each Other‚” by Virginia Morell. All of the authors used information to get their message across and to explain the author’s purpose. In the first passage‚ “Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk‚” by Virginia Morell‚ Virginia used information to inform you about what scientists are finding out about elephants. Some of the information she provided was‚ “The study ‘adds to the growing body of evidence that elephants show some impressive cognitive abilities.’” This excerpt can help relate to the

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    Century Jewish and Christian Connotation of “God’s Kingdom” In Matthew 6 and Luke 11‚ Jesus teaches his followers how to pray. Jesus’ prayer includes themes found within Jewish prayer. Themes such as petitions for forgiveness and provision would have been familiar to an audience of God-fearers and Jews who attended synagogue. It is significant that the first petition in The Lord’s Prayer is for a divine monarchy. The idea of a “Kingdom” was different in the Jewish mind from what Jesus may have been

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    Musical Theatre History

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    Musical theatre can be a great tool for teachers as it can help teach a variety of skills and provide information. However‚ musical theatre is often ignored in the classroom. This is not only a fault of people with distaste for theatre‚ but also lovers of theatre. As David Savran says‚ “And even for many devotees of the so-called straight theatre‚ musical theatre remains (at best) a guilty pleasure-a little too gay‚ too popular‚ too Jewish‚ and too much damned fun” (216). This blockage between

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    find pleasant the things that are by nature pleasant; and virtuous actions are such… Their life‚ therefore‚ has no further need of pleasure as a sort of adventitious charm‚ but has pleasure in itself." Ethics‚ I.8 Aristotle was a student under Plato‚ and although he did not believe in the metaphysical Forms that Plato so firmly believed in‚ he did apply an element of the theory behind the Forms. Instead‚ what Aristotle postulated was that there was some ultimate‚ some final goal to which we all

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    Audience Pleasures Notes

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    Audience Pleasures Pleasures of relatiblilty- The IT Crowd is set in an office building and follows the daily lives of the IT department within this company. This is relatable to the target audience‚ who would be young adults- middle aged‚ and therefore working also‚ and would probably we able to relate to working collectively with a team ‚ and the individual unique characters within the department. For example‚ the contrast between the people working on the top floor of the building‚ compared

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    Teaching listening

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    Teaching Listening Listening is a critical element in the competent language performance of adult second language learners‚ whether they are communicating at school‚ at work‚ or in the community. Through the normal course of a day‚ listening is used nearly twice as much as speaking and four to five times as much as reading and writing . In a recent study of Fortune 500 Corporations‚ Wolvin and Coakley (1991) found that listening was perceived to be crucial for communication at work with regards

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