Broadway

I work all over Oakland County and I eat in a lot of different cities. But I always find myself wanting to eat at the Broadway Grill in Lake Orion. This establishment is very clean, and the staff is warm and friendly from the moment I walk in the door. The price range is from $10-$15 for a lunch selection, and you always get your money's worth. Their salads have fresh tomatoes and don't just include the usual iceberg lettuce, but hearty leafy greens. They also give you a basket of Italian bread…

and Stephanie Mills. Although this show has previously been criticized because of the apparent “all-Black cast,” most people who make this statement do not realize that The Wiz has always been the black version of The Wizard of Oz. The original Broadway musical came out in 1975 and there has been 5 other performances, including The Wiz Live!, that have been performed since. Following the same plot as The Wizard of Oz, The Wiz Live! incorporated soul and R&B elements throughout the performance.…

watched the film and listened to the soundtrack so many times that I did not need to take any notes on it, when it came to watching the film for the purpose of this essay. The 2005 film Rent, directed by Chris Columbus, is based on Jonathan Larson’s Broadway musical of the same name. The film depicts the lives of an outcast group of friends, living in New York City in the 1990s. Rent deals with the hardships the characters must face…

West Side Story is a Broadway musical with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Arthur Laurents, and choreography/concept by Jerome Robbins. The musical is based off of Shakespeare’s play called Romeo and Juliet, with the idea of modernizing the plot to relate to New York in the 20th century (Hoffman 84). The musical was originally set to be called East Side Story; a “religion-oriented” (Hoffman 85) feud between two parties, however, a transformation occurred “between…

Historically Paris finds a new art scene after the war which is incorporated into the set, narrative, and ballet. Within in the story there are three ballets, one at the beginning reflecting Paris after tragedy; a panorama of dark streets with breadlines. The second concluding act I, is to Gershwin’s second rhapsody and connects the charterers’ narratives together. The largest is the finale piece. They wanted to ballet to be a part of the narrative and made it a collaborative effort between the…

“Broadway Melody” by Frederick Seidel is somewhat humorous but realistic impression of elderly people. I can honestly say that I laughed after reading this as well as slightly being moved by the beauty of it towards the end. I find it a unique poem, because of the subject matter and context, as well as the cruelty and the offensiveness of the tone with the speaker. In addition, In my interpretation of the poem the main focal point revolves around the idea of ageism in which everyone in this…

Rent, by Jonathan Larson is a play that enters the life of a certain group of people, Bohemians, as they go along there journey of struggle to find love, life, and freedom. The film revolves mainly around two men named Mark Cohen, and Roger Davis. In the beginning we can see that the characters are unable to pay their rent, or even pursue a lifestyle to bring them happiness. As the plot of the film progresses we are introduced to more characters and their own individual predicaments. Their…

main character Robert (Bobby), he cannot fully commit himself to relationship, meaning he cannot get married and he is already 35. His five friends are all married couples that try to help him find a partner or tell him he is perfect how he is. This Broadway production was nominated for fourteen Tony Awards and it won six. This play was at The Eastern Florida State College auditorium. Professor Henry was the producer for Company at EFSC. I picked Company out of all of our three options of…

The Great Collaborator George S. Kaufman, also known as “The Great Collaborator”, has written 45 plays with 16 different known collaborators, hence his nickname. Kaufman’s success stems from his many collaborations of course but also the metatheatrical techniques used in his work. Using this technique Kaufman was able to populate his plays and musicals with characters based both firmly and loosely on the celebrities at the time. Throughout many of Kaufman’s works this technique is encountered…

one of the greatest American playwrights of the 20th century. Born in Harlem, New York in 1915 later died at the age of 89 in 2005 without delay Arthur had a writing career of 70 years. His first great success was “Death of Salesman”. It opened on Broadway in 1949 and won the Pulitzer Prize and to mention many Tonys. Likewise with “All my Sons” and “The Crucible”. He wanted to leave the world better than when he came in. With this intention his goal was to share his voice of the political…