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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Can theatre enable people to tackle the oppressions to which they are subject? Compare and contrast the work and approach of two applied theatre practitioners and companies in order to explore this question. According to Oxford Dictionary Online‚ oppression is defined as ‘prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or exercise of authority’ (2014). Within theatre‚ oppression is a powerful subject to tackle. Not only it is used as the subject of many productions‚ it is also a key part of many rehearsal exercises
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student at Miami University‚ majoring in Theatre and Creative Writing‚ minoring in French‚ and reveling in a relatively recently discovered passion for dramaturgy. I hope to be able to join the Goodman Theatre this summer as an intern with literary management and dramaturgy or with casting. Where can you go wrong with a theatre like the Goodman? Working with a company that’s well established and doing such varied and consistently high quality theatre is just the ticket for anyone starting off
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When it opened in 1914‚ the Apollo Theatre crowded with musicians‚ comedians‚ and other people who wanted to show off their talents. Most of these artists started their stardom here‚ playing last minute gigs just to be heard or to earn a quick buck. People like Ella Fitzgerald‚ Billie Holiday‚ James Brown‚ and Luther Vandross had the opportunity to perform their‚ starting their stardom and their fandom for that matter. Back then it was used to make money‚ but now it is a “respected not-for-profit”
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2012 From West Side Story to Spring Awakening: The Evolution of the American Musical Broadway‚ also known as The Great White Way‚ no matter how you chose to describe it‚ they describe a place that for over one hundred years has put on the most spectacular musicals in the world. From Ancient Greece to the Globe Theatre and finally to Broadway‚ these places have all been known for being “the” place for plays and musicals. “Broadway is the street in New York that has come to symbolize live theater
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The theatre has been an important part of my life starting from a young age. Growing up‚ my mother was always involved with community theatre‚ and I would attend her rehearsals and performances. The very first live theatre performance I went to see my mom in was A Grand Night For Singing‚ and from the first note of the overture‚ I was hooked. There was something that drew me into theatre and made me want to be a part of it. As I grew older‚ I eventually was able to be apart of theatrical productions
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Verbatim theatre is communal storytelling at its best. What are the benefits of such storytelling as a collective act? To say that Verbatim Theatre is communal storytelling implies that it is the community telling stories. Such storytelling employed as a collective act allows for many benefits including the voicing of previously unheard stories from a variety of perspectives‚ feeding stories into the wider communities and allowing for action to be taken‚ and providing a venue for the search of truth
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Dario Fo’s Political Theatre Dario Fo’s plays were written in Italy during the 60’s and 70’s. During this time there was widespread dissatisfaction throughout Italy towards the government and various factions within the country ‚ the nation seethed with discontent. Dario Fo was born in 1926 in the Italian state of Lombardy. During the fifties ‚ Fo ‚ along with his wife Franca Rame ‚ had a succesful career as an actor ‚ director and writer of comedies in conventional theatre. During the sixties
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CHAPTER 11 Theatre Today MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS Please choose the best answer for the following questions. 1. The theatre may be considered a conservative institution because it conserves or preserves a. a consistent ideology characteristic of political parties. b. the history and conventional way of working as a theatre. c. the political and economic views of the time. d. the moral attitudes of a select group of people. Answer: b 2. Postmodern playwrights and directors
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Drama Essay “Drama and theatre in their content and style reflect the society from which they spring” – To what extent is this true of contemporary Australian theatre practice? Theatre is a direct reflection of life and society. Any script is written‚ including their themes and genre‚ in the attempt to draw on and display our surrounding world to ultimately impact audiences. Our unit of drama including Matt Cameron’s Ruby Moon and Jane Harrison’s Stolen does exactly this‚ but
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