Essay On The Glass Menagerie Play

It was a cold and rainy Friday night, while I was driving to the theater, I felt excited and happy because I had not seen a live theater performance in quite a while. When I arrived in the parking lot of the theater, I noticed that it was almost full. This made me believe that people were interested in watching the play even though we did not have the best weather conditions. Luckily, I was able to get front row seat tickets to see the play The Glass Menagerie performs by PCPA. When I went inside the theater the first thing that I noticed was that the majority of the audience was mature people and I thought that this might have an impact on the performance. I was disappointed because I imagined a really big theater, but at the end, I ended …show more content…
At the beginning of the play I looked at the ceiling and noticed that they had different light colors such as white, blue, yellow and pink. I was surprise when I saw the pink lights distributed around the room because I thought that in plays only used regular colors like white and yellow. The pink light with the other colors blended well together gave the stage a really bright and comfortable warm atmosphere. Throughout the play I realized that the lighting is a really significant piece of theater because it leads the audience know exactly where to look by brightening certain characters or spots in the play. Another Important factor that made the play better was the music. In the play you knew something dramatic was going to happen because they put music a couple of seconds before it happen. I also noticed that when the characters were not talking as much they tend to put music in the background to not make the scene …show more content…
Her mother decides that she need do get married so she ask Tom to bring one of his Coworkers do dinner. Amanda prepares by decorating the house, making dinner and making sure that her daughter looks beautiful for Jim O’Connor. When this was all going on, I started to go nearer and closer to the edge of my seat because this was setting up the big question, will Jim O’Connor and Laura fall in