Musicals‚ Then and Now For my final project‚ I decided to do a compare and contrast PowerPoint comparing musicals then and now. While I was working on my project I was able to draw a connection between some key terms in the book and class notes. The key terms I selected related to a range of concepts and theories learned in class throughout the semester They also helped to make my PowerPoint more easily understood with the message I was trying to send. I choose to do my final project on musicals
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Tahari Gordon October 3‚ 2014 Fundamentals of Musical Theatre Show Boat Response Paper The timeless Kern and Hammerstein classic Show Boat is a musical far beyond its time. Rich with beautiful music and characters but also a plot that surpassed anything of the time period. This show was a preface for Hammerstein’s intricate styling of compiling a show’s plot and lyric. His trend‚ portrayed in Show Boat and many of his other productions‚ pairs a lighthearted sound and classic love stories with
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What are the differences between the Shakespeare Globe and modern theatres? The distinct differences in style of theatre between Shakespeare’s time and modern theatres is the fact that in the 1600’s because most theatre companies were a travelling minstrel group who actually went to the inns to get their audiences the group would frequently immediately start to act. The audience would then gather by coming out onto the balcony of their rooms. They had no closed in features like a roof as they were
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Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre Shakespeare’s plays have amazed many generations with his superior vocabulary and compelling characters and plot. Shakespeare’s plays would not be nearly as well known or rejoiced if it wasn’t for the Globe Theatre‚ a revolutionary (at the time) design that made it easy for the audience to see the performance. The theatre unfortunately was burnt on June 29‚ 1663 was rebuilt on June 1964‚ but more on that later. The Globe was Shakespeare’s first theatre for the company he
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Antonin Artaud: Theatre of Cruelty Antonin Artaud’s most profound piece of work was not a poem‚ not a play‚ not an acting role‚ but a theory: Artaud’s Theatre of Cruelty. He began to form his Theatre of Cruelty theory after learning of the Balinese theatre that seemed‚ to him‚ to share qualities with his ideas about theatre. Artaud held a great respect for Balinese theatre which revolves around dance and actions to convey meaning (Encyclopedia Britannica). More traditional theatre revolves around
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The realistic impulse‚ the desire to reproduce on stage a piece of life faithfully has been persistent over the last hundred years. However reaction against the theatre of psychological realism and of ordinary speech and behaviour was also relentless throughout the twentieth century. In order to explore any form theatre‚ it is important to understand the historical‚ political‚ social and cultural perspective of the time in which the piece is created. Through the turn of the 19th century‚ “a period
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Globe Theatre Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre was constructed with lumber stolen from another theatre after a lease dispute. William Shakespeare was part owner‚ actor‚ and play write for the Globe. The area was surrounded by market stalls offering food‚ drink‚ and merchandise surrounded the area. The place had a bawdy festival like atmosphere. Commoners and nobles alike arrived early to enjoy the atmosphere. Actors performed short previews outside on the green. The theatre held 1500 people while
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meeting or staying here.” “I’m not going to let them down.” P70 “Love is not so important nowadays.” P10 “Without love the world wouldn’t mean much.” P70 “Working with these people has changed you.” (Lucy to Lewis) ROY “He loves the theatre apparently. A great enthusiast when he gets going. He has his down periods like a lot of people‚ but he’s your support‚ your natural energiser.” Justin to Lewis about Roy P3 “Without this opera having been composed‚ there would be just a clanging
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High School Musical Caroline Cascadden Block: 2.1 High School Musical is one of my favorite movies. The movie is entertaining to everyone. I love the characters‚ the music‚ the story‚ and mostly everything about it. I have watched it about a million times and still never get bored of it. The songs are very catchy and have great tunes. The songs in High School Musical are all different. The songs are not just fast solos. The songs change from slow‚ to fast‚ to duets‚ solos‚ groups‚ and many more
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Dear Diary Today I went to the Globe theatre for the first time. The journey there was very entertaining and picturesque‚ instead of going by ferry as many people usually do I decided to save my money and do a bit of exercise by walking instead across the London Bridge which was also good. As I came by the Globe theatre I passed the pits where bear baiting and cockfightings were taking place. The streets were full of people‚ some were pushing to get through others were shouting and quite a
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