Broadway Journal

Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809 to parents Elizabeth and David Poe. Baby Edgar lived at home with his parents, brother, and sister; all seemed to be well in the Poe home until 1810, when Edgar was roughly a year old. David and Elizabeth separated, leaving the children with only one parent to care for them. Things went on this way for another two years until Elizabeth Poe, Edgar’s mother, became very sick. On December 8, 1811, Elizabeth Poe died from a long bout with Tuberculosis,…

Edgar Allan Poe was born January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts. Poe died October 7, 1849, in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1826 Poe attended the University of Virginia and in 1827, he joined the US Army. During the year of 1830-1831, he enrolled as a cadet in the United States Academy where he was later court-martialed for disobeying authority (Thomas and Jackson). In 1835, Poe entered one of his stories in a contest sponsored by the Baltimore Saturday Visiter that "won" him a prize ("Poe 's…

think of the infamous Wallachian ruler Vlad III Drăculea, they think of the famous literary monster of nightmares, Bram Stoker’s Count Dracula. Dracula, who has appeared in many media outlets from the big screen of Hollywood to the bright lights of Broadway, is thought by many to have been inspired by the Wallachian Voivode that is better known as Vlad the Impaler. There is, however, little evidence that backs this assumption. In fact, there is actually a lot of evidence that refutes the idea…

In the book “Mad for Foucault: Rethinking the Foundations of Queer Theory”, Lynne Huffer teases out exciting new aspects of Foucault thoughts. She then rethinks and rewrites the theorists ethical work after these discoveries. In this book Huffer writes that Foucault recasts the Western rationalism as a project that both produces and represses sexual deviant, calling out the complicity of modern science and the exclusionary nature of family morality (Huffer, 2009). Sampling from unpublished…

Blanchett’s performance as revelatory and nearly definitive. With Ullmann’s direction and Blanchett’s performance appearing on everyone’s “Best of 2009” lists, the production generated tremendous media attention and enthusiastic talk of an extended Broadway run, in part because of the artistic name recognition of its collaborators…

intricate dance moves. Similar to the music in scenes like the “Dance at the Gym”, the choreography differentiates between the Jets and the Sharks, the Jets doing a more of a swing style dance while the Sharks do a Latin inspired dance. In an academic journal, Irene Dash, a Shakespearean scholar, is quoted saying the exaggerated way they dance gives insight to their characters, the same way the exaggerated language Shakespeare uses. Showing one of the many elements of the musical that is…

Imagine going through life in silence and still being able to be the only Deaf person to win an Academy Award. Marlee Matlin is an inspiration to the Deaf community and encourages, not only Deaf people, but everyone with a disability that anything is possible if you put your mind to it. Matlin has been a well known actress to achieve many accomplishments such as awards and being a successful writer. Being a Deaf actress is not easy, yet Marlee Matlin goes above and beyond with her work. It…

On April 2nd, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson stood before Congress and issued a declaration of war against Germany. "The world must be made safe for democracy," he stated. The black press used Wilson's declaration to frame the war as a struggle for African American civil rights. Black political leaders believed that if they fought for the war effort, the government would have no choice but to reward them with greater civil rights. Over one million African Americans responded to their draft…

My early lessons in love were always administered under the circumstances of loss, the depth of which correlated to the value (sentimental or monetary) of the missing entity in question. Anything that can be loved or owned can be lost. As a child, I was always losing replaceable, trivial things--sweaters, toys, teeth. My mother was often losing immaterial things, like her patience.. On many occasions, an item has gone missing from my life. And even years after, I’d still stop to ponder, over…

Edgar Allan Poe, was a person of great uniqueness, for his life was a great obstacle with many up and downs. With one of those Great achievements was his narrative poem, “The Raven”; Published in January 1845. That clearly shows his well known writing style of a dark metaphysical vision, musical rhythm of his poems, and style in a metrical language. As well, Poe writing clearly reflects on his extraordinary life that show his true meaning of his work and why his, work is looked upon to, by so…