The musical production Rent is Jonathan Larson’s adaptation of Puccini’s ‘La Boehme’‚ and was set in New York in the early 1980s (Encyclopedia of World Biography‚ n.d.). The musical has a variety of characters: straight‚ gay‚ lesbian‚ cross-dressing‚ and bisexual. Many of the cast’s characters have HIV/AIDS. Larson personally identified with the musical‚ as he too had several friends that had HIV/AIDS who had then later passed away from the disease (Encyclopedia of World Biography‚ n.d.). HIV/AIDS
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Glossary of musical terminology From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search This is a list of musical terms that are likely to be encountered in printed scores‚ music reviews‚ and program notes. Most of the terms are Italian (see also Italian musical terms used in English)‚ in accordance with the Italian origins of many European musical conventions. Sometimes‚ the special musical meanings of these phrases differ from the original or current Italian meanings. Most of the
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Chicago’s Polania Polish American Immigrants In Chicago I will be writing my final paper on Polish American Immigrants who settle in Chicago Illinois. I will be referring to Polish American Immigrants in this essay as (Poles) periodically. The majority of Polish immigrants emigrating to the United States of America was in the 1800’s. This period was considered the first out of three waves of Polish immigrants to settle in America. The first major wave was between 1800 and 1860‚ many of the emigrating
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Chicago Tylenol Murders By: Kelli Simpson_ MAN3554-12_Week9 The Tylenol Murders happen in the Chicago area in late September to early October‚ 1982. Seven people died from taking Tylenol the youngest was 12 years old. Two firefighters went to their supervisor and told them what they thought happen and this was that these people died after taking tylenol. And so they went gathered the tylenol bottles and it was tested and discovered that it was laced with cyanide there was enough
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The Changes of Chicago Today‚ there are many large and prodigious cities located in the United States. The city of Chicago‚ also known as the windy city‚ is one of the bigger cities in the states.. In the years 1857-1874‚ The city of Chicago developed in its transportation‚ construction of buildings‚ and in methods of transportation. Within the map of 1857‚ Chicago was beginning to show signs of growth in the population and also in the methods of transportation. At the time‚ transportation
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message through art. In this case though‚ Hairspray has been the selected piece I’m choosing to write about. It is considered to be a flashy‚ catchy‚ musical that ultimately hits on racial segregation and inequality. In this paper‚ I will be covering different material ranging from the actual background story of the musical‚ the themes the musical is trying to convey‚ information on John Waters (the man who started it all)‚ some elements of set design‚ and the overall influence Hairspray has had
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The Port Chicago Disaster On the 24 of July 1944‚ a memorandum was written from Captain W. S. Parsons‚ USN to Rear Admiral W. R. Purnell‚ USN. It was a report on the most destructive explosion on United States soil at that time. It was known as the Port Chicago Explosion. Captain Parsons worked in the Bureau of Ordnance as their Liaison Officer. So he was a prime candidate for the job. Rear Admiral Purnell was the head of the Military Policy Committee. This memorandum was not intended to
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Chicago theory of crime was founded in 1920‚ and has been referred to as “Social disorganization theory” (Bohm‚ 2011). The Department of Sociology attempted to identify __Environmental factor associated with crime __How a specific neighborhood’s crime related to that neighborhood’s characteristics (Bohm‚ 2011). This was the United States 1st large-scale study done to explain why crime occurs and became the platform for many future studies (Bohm‚ 2011). Chicago School earned a reputation as the
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Shout! The Musical Analysis Shout! The Mod Musical gives a good performance that portrays the atmosphere and events of the ‘60s in Britain. The crew employ a variety of means to achieve this. Voice overs are used to inform the audience of what the character is reading. The play uses the magazine Shout! to explore social elements of that time. Each of the characters are a young woman dressed in a different colour to reflect her personality. They are referred to as Blue Girl‚ Green Girl‚ Red Girl
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Wicked: A “Wonderful” Musical! On March 17th‚ 2017 I saw a phenomenal musical called Wicked. The theatre it was playing in was the insert theatre in London name here in London‚ England. The musical was extremely touching and brought the audience to tears because of the magnificent acting and beautiful voices. The actors hooked the audience from the first line of the show and kept them in their grasp until the final bows. Wicked is set in the land of Oz and is about two girls in university who despise
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