Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs‚ spoken dialogue‚ acting and dance.The emotional contact however includes humor‚ pathos‚ love‚ anger and sometimes conflict is communicated through the words‚ music and movement which is all integrated as a whole. The origins of musical theatre can be dated all the way back to the ancients Greeks. Music and theatre were highly influential forces in the greek world.Greek men and women were expected to learn how to play an instrument
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“The Drowsy Chaperone‚" a musical phenomenon‚ with songs by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison‚ based off the book written by Mr. Martin and Don McKellar. An hour and forty minutes of pure comedic relief‚ a nod to the aspect of escapism of the twenties. Adorned with the perfect balance between historicism and modernism‚ this musical provides the foundation for a night of amusement and thrill. It is a sneak peak into the extravagant musicals of the 1920s. A long lost era where prohibition dampened the
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reasons why it is sometimes difficult to determine if a musical recording or a performance qualifies as jazz. Jazz does not have one set style‚ but rather many styles which leaves the definition of jazz hard to define. A jazz player can play any style they want and there aren’t really set rules they have to follow to be considered jazz‚ just a few guidelines that are taken into consideration. It can sometimes be difficult to determine if a musical recording or a performance qualifies as jazz because
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High School Musical Critic Essay The movies are very good movies‚ though the movie‚ aiming towards children of age four to twelve‚ encouraging them into having love affair to early at their stage in life. I believe the movie should focus on the age bracket of fifteen (15) through age twenty-two (22). The establishing shot in this film is key as it gives the audience an indication of the setting. The various shots give the audience an insight to the characters’ surroundings which makes the film seem
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The assumptions this film of High School Musical makes of education or teaching is that they are committed to their extracurricular activities. In the movie made it where if one was into sports and that sports was a big deal and that one could be very passionate about. That meant that the students and faculty had very high amounts of school pride into their basketball team. The boy’s basketball team of East High School showed that they were very excited that they were in the big championship game
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history. Cities such as New York and Chicago were known to be over-populated during this time because everybody came from different parts of the country to have their dreams come true‚ since there were more opportunities in the cities. Chicago was known for being a magical city with the best jazz musicians‚ amazing trading routs‚ the greatest pizza‚ and a amazing place to have a drink. Until 1920‚ when Prohibition had hit and had forever tainted the history of Chicago. The forbidding of alcohol had caused
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18 Benefits of Playing a Musical Instrument by Michael Matthews The Chinese philosopher Confucius said long ago that "Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without." Playing a musical instrument has many benefits and can bring joy to you and to everyone around you. This article will provide you with 18 benefits of playing an instrument (in no particular order) and will hopefully give you a better sense of appreciation and pride for music. 1. Increases the capacity
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the world’s most famous and memorable composers‚ Michael Jackson. His musical career will be looked into from start to finish. Along with mentioning his background/history‚ we will identify his musical influences as a composer. It is important to know what the trend was and what was popular around the time of Michael’s musical journey. These factors may have impacted his composing. Of course taking a deeper look into his musical pieces would give us insight on how he truly was as a writer. I will
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1. Do you recommend that G.G. Toys change its existing cost system in the Chicago plant? In the Springfield plant? Why or why not? G.G. Toys should change its existing cost accounting system from traditional costing to activity-based costing (ABC) in the Chicago plant as it is allocating its entire manufacturing overhead on the basis of just one cost driver: production run direct labor cost. Since overhead at the Chicago plant is high‚ accurate cost accounting system is required. Different types
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Musical Style and Innovations Beethoven is viewed as a transitional figure between the Classical and Romantic eras of musical history. Above all‚ his works distinguish themselves from those of any prior composer through his creation of large‚ extended architectonic structures characterized by the extensive development of musical material‚ themes‚ and motifs‚ usually by means of "modulation"‚ that is‚ a change in the feeling of the home key‚ through a variety of keys or harmonic regions. Although
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