Actors

Reflection On march 10 in the PAC, at 7:00, I had the opportunity to be able to go and see The Hunchback of Notre Dame. It was a wonderful paly production, with some raunchy scenes, but, it was a very well orchestrated play, with well casted people and had very smooth transitions even though there wasn’t a curtain. The cast was huge, so great was need for voices that they had to hire a local choir to sing with them. The first scene is when you see the choir coming to and sing and take their…

When I categorize the memorable moments I have in theatre I find they rarely have to do with the moments on stage despite the fact that I an actor. The moments that make me laugh uncontrollably, want to scream and punch a wall, sob into my pillow all happen in interactions with audience members after a performance. My most memorable moment in theatre all surrounds a little boy who never told me his name. I was working at Florida Studio Theatre (FST) as an Acting Apprentice. We were getting…

Kinky Boots is a musical directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell, music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper and written by Harvey Fierstein. It is based on a true story. The medium in this music would be the performers, the chorus/music and stage. Kinky Boots musical was first premiered in Chicago in 2012. While we saw it in London, it was first premiered in London on September 15th, 2015. The musical is about a man who just lost his father and he is trying to save his father’s shoe business. He…

This year, I participated in my theatre’s production of The Miracle Worker. I was privileged to receive the role in which I auditioned for. Acting in this play helped me understand character types and Gibson’s message of persistence. The role I auditioned for was James, as I wanted to play a dynamic character. Before, James was abrasive, passively expressing how he felt. In act 3, he dealt with his feelings. He accepted his stepmother, Kate, asking her to be his “friend,” (Gibson 86). Then,…

When I hear this I immediately thought of the poem IF and I was confused to how this related to drama. But actually when they say the magic ‘if’ it is a way of actors to getting into believing that they are this character in real life, the actors need to get comfortable in just being their character rather than acting it. This is where ‘if’ comes in, it is to make you think of what your character will do if they were in this scenario on stage right…

Heritage films refer to a period of films, initially European, that emerged in the 1980’s and 90’s. Though there is a long list of films that are classified as ‘heritage films’, this type of motion picture is not defined as a declared genre, but rather a list of characteristics declared by the movie industry that classify these films. This paper discusses the characteristics that define a ‘heritage film’, how Tom Hooper’s film The King’s Speech represents the characteristics of a ‘heritage film’…

I saw Michael Frayn’s production of Noises Off in Upton Hall (Warren Theater), which on Buffalo State’s Campus on March 4,2016 at 8om. The play was directed by Jennifer Toohey. I did not expect the play to be as funny since I did not understand the book. However, the play was extremely funny and I enjoyed it. I still did not fully understand when they were switching from Noises Off and Nothing On, but the play was amusing. I loved scene 2 because as an audience member I always wonder what is…

Our group presented Shakespeare’s play The Twelfth Night. After we were informed of the group members—we immediately gathered and assigned specific tasks to them. My job was to prepare a literary criticism. There were three sources cited. Collectively the sources identified with gender roles. The characters’ disguises were another commonality according to the cited sources. I have never been involved in the production of a play in using my influences for a stage play or even having incite of…

The way the camera was positioned in the shots makes it appear as if the audience is actually there. We get the view of what the characters see when looking out the window and looking through binoculars. Needless to say it is visually pleasing. The actors did an amazing job in portraying their characters. The excitement, fear, and anger were all believable. I love Alfred Hitchcock, but in my opinion this is not his best work. Everything was great except the fact that the film is slow. The film…

great examples of this pressure. As mentioned earlier, Hunger Games star, Jennifer Lawrence, was asked by the producers to lose 10 pounds, but she refused and still got the main role. Not all actors and actresses are as lucky. A lot of the time, if you pay close enough attention, you’ll notice that actors and actresses who are “ fat “ get placed into the funny roles. ( O’Neill ) In addition, one article states that… places like Abercrombie & Fitch do not make “ plus-sized “ clothing because the…