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.…
All I can say is, the story had somewhat of a quicker pace and sometimes harder to follow and small details could easily be missed, and the lighting was a tiny bit distracting when it flashed across the stage quickly. The use of sound effects was used to signify different things that caught the attention of the viewers and really added a special touch to the play. The play showcased beautiful and stunning singing which made the play more authentic, combined with the elaborate dances numbers truly made the show breathtaking and…
I really enjoyed the play, for many reason the actors were very vocal they did an amazing job at keeping the audience intrigued, they successfully played there characters well to believe they were who they were playing which is incredibly important in a play for some plays, the actors are not a big intriguing and sound as if they a reading dull and right off a piece of…
The costumes and makeup were very effective because it made it seem like one was at a professional play. However, the music played between each act could have been chosen more wisely to go with the overall theme of the play because at times the songs would just be “today’s…
Mark Stewart’s, Passing Strange, is a semi-autobiographical rock musical that apprises the story of young man’s journey to find “the real.” In this play, Stew (Mark Stewart), tells the story of his younger self traveling from his home in Los Angeles to places such as Amsterdam and Berlin to become a great artist and musician. In this production, Stew has the conviction that “the real” cannot be obtained unless he perceives and witness’s different places from around the world. I watched a filmed version of this play on the days of Tuesday, April 11, and Thursday April 13, and after watching, I can honestly that this is the most unique musical that I have ever seen. Stewart’s production of Passing Strange deserves a detailed and comprehensive…
Every time I think of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, the first thing that comes into my mind is, “POPULISM YEA YEA!” When I saw Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson for the first time at the Clayton Performing Arts Center, I was very impressed with the overall production of such a complex, extreme play. In detail, I plan to discuss the fantastic key components that the director included such as: the overall overview, performance, and design layout that ultimately allows individuals, like me, to get a better understanding of the play Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. In the play of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, the main goal of the play was to tell the life story of Andrew Jackson through an emo, rock, satirical way.…
Perpetual Rebellion Throughout humanity existence, there has always been slavery. It’s where a person of high society oppress and abuses an individual that is part of the “barbaric“ class. Notable mention to such abuse was during the colonial years. At the time, the Europeans or high society, would use slavery and utilize the indigenous people and the African as slaves. However, these slaves would rebel against their white masters.…
“Call them from their houses, and teach them to dream.” - Jean Toomer. The Harlem Renaissance is a period of time spanning from the Roaring Twenties through the Great Depression, but it is more than a period of time, it was way of life. During this renaissance, black culture evolved, and broke the mold of blacks being less than whites intellectually, musically, and socially. The Harlem Renaissance is undoubtedly the most important era in Black arts, literature, society, and science.…
The actors carried out the role as the flying monkeys well. And using a projector backdrop they made the scene seem more believable. The costume, cast, and special created an intriguing scene. The show was amusing and the actors delivered their lines well.…
The actors had a lot of energy that undoubtedly captured the viewer’s attention. Each actor had a certain characteristic that made him or her truly fascinating to watch. They were able to interact with each and every audience member. This left me, a viewer, who was in the middle of the room, feeling as though I was in the play. The plays story may have been their biggest obstacle, however.…
The story of Xmas Jamaica Plain for the author Melanie Thon, holds a very strong and rich languages, and also contains a unique words of choice; by using a different elements of fictions, like symbolism, irony, and imagery, the author presents us too many themes that we could distract from the “Xmas Jamaica Plain” story. The writer was very diligent in her words of choice, each word in the story carried an additional meaning with it that. For example: The symbolism that the author used to show us what type of streets Jamaica Plain was, “Jamaica Plain home-enough hands as dark as mine, enough faces as brown as Emile’s” (Thon 610).…
The production of She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen was performed by the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film and directed by Wesley Broulik. I attended the performance on April 9th, 2016 at 7:30 pm. Overall, I really enjoyed the performance. The whole plot of the story kept me very intrigued. Normally by just reading the title I wouldn’t choose to go see this performance, but was very pleased with how it was all performed and organized.…
Alexander Hamilton, One of Americas founding fathers, author of “The Federalist Papers,” and the gentleman on the ten dollar bill, has a riveting Broadway musical biography on his life by the great Lin-Manuel Miranda. What makes this show absolutely unique is that it not just white men dressed up in powdered white wigs, it’s a contemporary piece with scores of music in pop, hip-hop, R&B and only uses Black and Latino actors. In theatre, the concept of colorblind casting has been used for a long time but it is still a debate whether or not it’s an effective practice. Even the celebrated Black playwright August Wilson, in his speech addressed to the Theatre Communications Group National Conference “The Ground on Which I Stand” states that, “colorblind…
Critical Analysis: Into the Woods For my first critique paper, I would like to talk about my participation in the play Into the Woods. This play was performed in Meridian Community College’s McCain Theater. The author of Into the Woods is James Lapine; the composer of the music and lyrics is Stephen Sondheim. Lapine is known for bringing the story and characters to life while Sondheim is known for creating the music for this play.…
In the movie, several songs were sang by the characters. These songs were very good and really changed the whole aspect of the movie. While the characters were singing, they were…