anabel-kutay-classical-pose-2 Not so long ago‚ I was privileged to watch a fantastic film directed by Michael Damian called High Strung. As I was enthralled with immensely diverse music and dance‚ one of the characters stood out rather prominently to me--April. She was the villain‚ but there was no denying her astounding abilities as a dancer. Upon further investigation‚ I discovered that she was played by the vivacous and talented Anabel Kutay. Recently‚ I had the opportunity to find out a bit more
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nearly half-century long career spanning TV‚ feature films‚ theater‚ voice-over work‚ producing‚ and directing. A performer of seemingly endless range‚ Guillaume has portrayed‚ in addition to his beloved comedic roles on TV‚ the Phantom in "The Phantom of the Opera‚" the voice of Rafiki in "The Lion King‚" Purlie in the musical "Purlie‚" for which he won a Tony Award‚ a Tony nomination for his portrayal of Nathan Detroit in a revival of "Guys and Dolls‚" nominations for various Golden Globes‚
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Musicals as we know them today have their roots in opera. An opera is a dramatic presentation in which the story is told through music‚ similar to modern musicals. Opera got its start in Italy‚ around the turn of the 17th century. In opera‚ there is generally no spoken dialogue; sung passages and dramatic arias move the plot along. This is similar to popular sung-through musicals of today‚ such as Evita‚ Les Miserables and Phantom Of The Opera. 1850 This type of musical theatre was popular
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heart alone‚ Nor feed with sighs a passing wind: What profit lies in barren faith‚ And vacant yearning‚ tho’ with might To scale the heaven’s highest height‚ Or dive below the wells of Death? What find I in the highest place‚ But mine own phantom chanting hymns? And on the depths of death there swims The reflex of a human face. I’ll rather take what fruit may be Of sorrow under human skies: ’Tis held that sorrow makes us wise‚ Whatever wisdom sleep with thee. In In Memoriam‚ Lord Alfred
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suggests. And in this story‚ one cat gets to be chosen to travel to Heaviside Layer (Cat Heaven) where he or she will be reborn into another cat life. Webber later wrote the all-famous Phantom of the Opera during this period‚ beating out the Cats record. As Webber’s best known and highly recognized musical‚ Phantom has been viewed by over 140 million people‚ played in 35 countries‚ performed in 166 cities worldwide‚ and earned an estimated $6 billion‚ with box office revenues higher than any film
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So called the fatherland of movie industry gave birth to so many industries such as 20th Century Fox‚ Warner Bros.‚ Paramount‚ Columbia and Universal. As for me I like Warner Brothers Pictures more. ‘Miss Congeniality’‚ ‘Harry Potter’‚ ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ are my favourite films made by this studio. The reason I like this film company is that its movies are of high quality‚ breath-taking and amusing. But not everyone agrees with me because our tastes differ. So‚ these are my hobbies. Cinema
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early 1920s. From day one to around the 1960s horror films were almost always just about your typical horror monsters- Count Dracula‚ the Frankenstein Monster‚ Mummies and occasionally zombies- notable such films including Nosferatu (1922) The Phantom of the Opera (1925) Frankenstein (1931) Dracula (1931) Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and the wolf man (1941) In the 1950s horror films sometimes had representations of the Cold War and Communism in the underlying themes‚ notable examples including The Thing
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idea of telling stories through song and dance really became popular through the Renaissance era. During the 1700’s the two main types of plays were ballad operas and comic operas. Many people think that musicals evolved from operas however if you follow the history of musicals and operas you will learn that it is the other way around yet operas are much more respected than musicals. Musicals came to America during the mid-1800’s as saloon shows. They were also known as variety shows and consisted
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Alistair Cooke‚ to support his assertions. B. Andrew Sarris: Film: Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace Link: http://observer.com/1999/05/the-phantom-menace-misfires-the-force-is-with-julia/ Initially‚ Sarris compares The Phantom Menace to Notting Hill‚ two films at the box office at the same time‚ and then embarks on a brief history of the careers of the actors in Notting Hill. The latter half of the critique compares The Phantom Menace to Star Wars: A New Hope with comments on the actors’
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The Universal Impact Universal Pictures‚ or Universal Studios‚ has been around for a little over a century and it is currently regarded amongst the top six movie studios in America. It grosses billions of dollars in revenue annually and produces major hits and movie stars. Universal is also owned by a giant media conglomerate known as NBC Universal‚ which is quite different from its humble beginnings. This paper will provide a brief insight into the relationship between Universal Pictures and its
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