Billy Elliot the Musical On November 2‚ 2010 I attended the Broadway show “Billy Elliot the Musical” at the Durham Performing Arts Center. I must say this show was definitely one of the most emotional Broadway shows I have ever seen. I do not think there was a single dry eye throughout the whole show. The shows controversial plot about a young boy‚ who wants to dance and all the people in his town who won’t let him‚ makes for an exciting and heart racing show. One of the amazing things about
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Fred Kim Mr. Gillespie IB Music 12 April‚ 2011 Musical Links Investigation Music is a form of communication that varies distinctively among different countries just as each country has their own language. However‚ music does not only vary with region‚ but also with time period and the neighboring musical cultures. To investigate how two very distinct and different musical cultures can be connected through their musical qualities‚ I will compare the similarities and differences between romantic
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ensembles‚ leadership roles‚ and community events‚ I have aspired to spread my love of music to those currently surrounding me and to those who will surround me as my musical career continues. Throughout my four years of high school‚ I have always enjoyed being involved in as many music ensembles as possible. Each group helped me grow as a musical leader
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Musical Hallucination Tinnitus is a case in which the affected person hears some sounds that is not really exist like buzzing or hissing. While musical hallucinations is the case in which the affected person hears a phantom music in his head and he realize that this song is not played in reality. The difference between them is the phantom sounds they receive; tinnitus receives phantom sounds rather than music due to abnormality in the ear and hearing. Musical hallucinations receive phantom music
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Historical and Cultural context of the Musical Hairspray The Buddy Dean Show which was a teen dance show in Baltimore is memorialized in the musical and film by John Waters‚ Hairspray. The plot of this story revolves around an attempt in which teens from both backgrounds in Baltimore integrate successfully in a teen dance show called The Corny Collins show. There was a massive cultural revolution in musical taste in the ‘50s and ‘60s that was signalled by teens from the big band sound of rock and
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4/26/2010 Creative Presentation – Les Miserables as a Musical Les Miserables (Les Mis for short) is a musical that was composed in 1980 by the French composer Claude-Michel Schonberg with the libretto‚ or text‚ by Alain Boublill and lyrics by Herbert. It is one of the most performed and well-known musicals in the world. On October 8‚ 2006 Les Miserables celebrated 21 years on London’s West End and became the longest running West End musical in history‚ reaching 9‚500 performances. The show continues
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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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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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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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