The musical direction and sound design in the Orlando Shakespeare Theater’s production of West Side Story contributed to its success and excellence. The musical director of this production is Steve MacKinnon‚ and the sound designer is Craig Beyrooti. The production contained a live orchestra on stage for the music. The music reflected the tone of the scene and the play. As I walked into the theater‚ I was greeted by the sound of old Jazz that in some moments turned into suspenseful music. This music
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about the real life of Spanish Harlem neighborhoods. The main character Julio Mercado (also known as Chino) is Puerto Rican as well as Quinonez. The story takes place in Spanish Harlem‚ with the majority of poor Spanish people; a town over is Upper East Side Manhattan filled with wealthy white Americans. Chico stated‚ “a slum that has been handed down from immigrant to immigrant‚ like used clothing worn and reworn‚ stitched and restitched by different ethnic groups who continue to pass it on” (Page
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“I feel pretty. Oh‚ so pretty‚ I feel pretty and witty and gay. And I pity any girl who isn’t me tonight”. One of the most popular songs from the world wide successful musical West Side Story. The book was written by Arthur Laurents. Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and Music by Leonard Bernstein. The star Maria who moved from Puerto Rico to live in New York wasn’t feeling pretty all the time. It was a temporary joy when she decided to love the American sharks gang member Tony. Her love lead to many major
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Wuchau District is one of the districts in Upper West Region which is predominantly rural. It has Wuchau as its capital with local communities around the capital. Because the district is predominantly rural‚ it is no less a fact to state that the place is predominantly traditional society and hence it is‚ and as would be expected‚ that a major proportion of its people rely on traditional mode of doing things. This explains why they uphold indigenous culture very high. Their mode of dressing‚
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enough she started getting roles in advertisements and theater productions. Ashley Tisdale has made her fans fall in love with her and send out in an important message. On July second‚ 1985‚ Ashley Tisdale was born in Monmouth county NJ in the town of West Deal. She was featured on many popular Disney shows and advertisements
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differences of West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet‚ the modern director captures Shakespeare’s original themes and ideas in West Side Story. Because West Side Story is a movie musical‚ it will be a lot of narrative conveyed through the song. While in the Romeo and Juliet we will be more find the characters says to himself or herself using poetic words of Shakespeare. That is the general differences that clearly visible on both movies. But if we examine in more detail‚ the movie West Side Story and Romeo
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West Side Story written by Arthur Laurents is actually a modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The West Side Story is set in Upper West Side Manhattan. It is about rivalry between two teenage gangs of different backgrounds. Anton‚ a member of the white gang‚ fell in love with Maria‚ the sister of the leader of the rival Puerto Rican gang. Romeo and Juliet is undoubtedly the most popular romantic love story to ever hit the literary world. It talks about intense passion between the
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keeping with motif‚ the author empathizes on the details of character eyes. Ice blue being heartless and invulnerable while another guys eyes were black as if blocked from feelings and always on the ready. I cant help but relate this book to the West Side Story. It was a movie that came out some time The outsiders but they both touch on that coming of age story between two gangs trying ot prove themselves. One touched on love yes‚ but isn’t that in some way what Ponyboy was doing with his brothers
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and Juliet and Ernest Lehman’s West Side Story are similar in many ways; however‚ in those comparisons there are some minor differences. Aside from the similarities between Romeo and Tony or Juliet and Maria‚ there are many other likenesses such as the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet and the fire escape scene in West Side Story. In Romeo and Juliet the scene starts off with Romeo listening to Juliet give her "What’s in a name?" speech‚ and similarly‚ in West Side Story the scene starts off with
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The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet vs. West Side Story Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet and Arthur Laurent’s West Side Story share many elements in common‚ but also have differences that separate them. West Side Story is a modern version of Shakespeare’s classic love story that ended in tragedy. Because it is set in 1950’s New York City the scenes‚ characters‚ and plot have their own interpretations. The differences in some plot elements make each tragedy its own‚ but the similarities
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