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“The Masque of Red Death” by Edgar Allen Poe is a deliciously creepy short story. The “Red Death” is showing Edgar Allen Poe’s view on the Black Plague. This plague took over the fantasy country. It's incredibly fatal, horribly gruesome, and it's already killed off half the kingdom, one might say “Blood was its Avatar.” “Meanwhile, in a panic, healthy people did all they could to avoid the sick.” The story goes into detail how people would do whatever it may take to stay healthy, this quote is…

Broadway: Cinderella During the Columbia’s weekend, I got the chance to go to the New York City with my friend. We went to the Broadway Theater to see Cinderella, a musical with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. As we all known, Cinderella is one of the Disney princess stories from our childhood; however, the musical version of Cinderella has slightly changed from the original story. When you walked into the theater, you just feel you will ever want to go out there…

Vaynerchuck once said “Please think about your legacy, because you’re writing it every day.” I’m Minasha Gunarathna, and I love Hamilton; An American Musical. Hamilton first made its off-Broadway debut in February 2015, with its first performance being sold out. Just 6 months later, the play was transferred to Broadway in August, where it debuted at the Richard Rodgers Theater. Hamilton was written and composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, winning him a Pulitzer Prize for the musical. In 2016,…

How Rodgers and Hammerstein Changed Broadway When you think of New York City, there is always one thing that automatically comes to mind, Broadway. You walk in Times Square and see all the captivating bright lights and loud noises. You see everybody handing out pamphlets to come see their, shows while there dressed in costume. You can’t help but wonder what their show is about. Whether you like plays and musicals, I’m sure at one point in your life you will see one or hear a song from one. The…

into Rent, along with the names of three of his friends who had died of AIDS, in the support group scene. Larson’s lifelong goal was to combine the Broadway tradition with contemporary pop music, a very difficult task at which many before him had failed. After seven years of workshops and re-writes, the show was scheduled to open in previews off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop, on January 25, 1996. But Larson had been feeling ill. He’d been to two hospitals; one diagnosed him with food…

to attend Theatre UCF’s production of An Octoroon at the UCF Theatre in Orlando, Florida. Throughout my life, I have had the experience of going to productions at the secondary school level, club level, collegiate, and professional/Broadway level. In my opinion, Broadway shows have always amazed me and continue to bring the highest level of acting and musicality. However, shows at the secondary, club, and collegiate level all have the opportunity to be better than one another. In saying this, I…

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…

Academy Award, a Pulitzer Prize and eight Tony Awards, more than any other composer. Considering the span of his career, Stephen Sondheim is on of the most influential figures in musical theater. Sondheim first major work West Side Story was a major Broadway success and has been revived 4 times since its premier, most recently in 2009. It was later made into a film…

produce it off-Broadway. Casey quit his day job as a department store lingerie buyer and the team headed to New York City to collaborate on what would become Grease, which opened at the Eden Theatre in downtown Manhattan, moved to Broadway, and earned him a Tony Award nomination for Best Book of a Musical. The show was deemed eligible for the 1972 Tony Awards, receiving seven Tony Award nominations. In June 1972 the production moved to the Broadhurst Theatre in the heart of Manhattan's Broadway…

because of that it not only made who my family is but who I am, someone who isn 't scared of a challenge but someone who welcomes it with joy. My passion for writing is something that helps me both express myself and have a way out. Lastly my love for broadway musicals has helped me become the outgoing, and confident person i am today. I know what I 've told you proboñly seems like a lot, but in reality this is just a scratch on the surface, it 's just 3 big puzzle pieces to millions of other…