Elf The Broadway Musical Analysis

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On November 10 I attended Elf the Broadway Musical written by David Berrenbaum and directed by Sam Scalamoni. I attended Elf the Broadway Musical which was put on by Texas A&M University and MSC OPAS. Elf the Broadway Musical was a comedic musical that appealed to audience members of any ages including a range from myself a college student to the family of four sitting next to me. Elf the Broadway Musical was a delight surprise, since I had seen Elf (film) I expected the play to appeal more to a younger audience, but was surprised when I found myself laughing alongside the two children sitting next to me. I honestly did not have very high expectation from this play for some reason I was just not very excited to attend this play maybe it was …show more content…
The staging of this play was also fantastic, I felt as though everyone on stage was open to the audience at all times and nobody was awkwardly placed on stage. Throughout the entire play, anytime several people were on stage it didn’t feel as though they were too close or too far from each other and they all served a purpose while being on the stage. As for music I enjoyed most of the songs except for the song “Never Fall in Love” sung by Mia Weinberger because of how high pitch her voice is it was hard to understand what she was singing, but my favorite song was “Happy All The Time” because I enjoyed the choreography along with Buddy’s part towards the end of the song which made is personality very transparent to the audience. At the end of the play I left feeling very merry and excited for the holiday seasons coming up. I personally took away from this play a very important lesson about the holidays and that is: the holidays are about being together and not about the material things in life. I knew this before the play, but like most others I can easily forget the true importance of the

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