This is a critique of the production of The Last Night of Ballyhoo. The Last Night of Ballyhoo is Alfred Uhry’s glance back into Southern Jewish nostalgia based on his life’s experiences. The Last Night of Ballyhoo won the 1997 Tony Award for Best Play. Ballyhoo is established only a couple of months after Hitler’s military occupied Poland. However, as a amount of Ballyhoo characters propose, Hitler and Europe are too distant to be of life-threatening alarm This play was written by Alfred Uhry, which was performed and produced by the University of Houston. Carolyn Houston Boone was the director of this production, and too me, was very effective in creating a really comedic, entertaining play with a strong message of overcoming prejudice of all factors. The Last Night of Ballyhoo will mesmerize those who will watch it. This play has a concluding drape that can be anticipated to bring significant misty eyes to many who watch.
The production encompasses a solid theme. The message is about the personal problems that we as individuals with dissimilar beliefs and principles must encounter in our daily lives. Due to its timeframe, the message revolves around anti-Semitism. Which involves the prejudice of Jews from all factors, meaning not just people who hated Jews but prejudice from other Jews as well. I really agree with …show more content…
One actor did not fulfill to the character needs. Lauren Ufkes, who played the role of Reba Freitag did not impress in her role. It felt like she lacked her charisma for her role. Like the emotion and the feel just wasn’t quite there. Her comedic lines didn’t really come off with a comedic enthusiasm. She was plain and didn’t really allow her voice to reach past the first couple of rows. As a whole her performance was of amateur grade acting. If she would’ve sold herself to the play she could’ve performed better. It’s all about how much you are willing to go forth and become the
The production encompasses a solid theme. The message is about the personal problems that we as individuals with dissimilar beliefs and principles must encounter in our daily lives. Due to its timeframe, the message revolves around anti-Semitism. Which involves the prejudice of Jews from all factors, meaning not just people who hated Jews but prejudice from other Jews as well. I really agree with …show more content…
One actor did not fulfill to the character needs. Lauren Ufkes, who played the role of Reba Freitag did not impress in her role. It felt like she lacked her charisma for her role. Like the emotion and the feel just wasn’t quite there. Her comedic lines didn’t really come off with a comedic enthusiasm. She was plain and didn’t really allow her voice to reach past the first couple of rows. As a whole her performance was of amateur grade acting. If she would’ve sold herself to the play she could’ve performed better. It’s all about how much you are willing to go forth and become the