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ARTHUR MILLER: HIS LIFE, WORKS, AND ACHIEVEMENTS Arthur Miller was one of the main American playwrights of the twentieth century. Miller was conceived in Harlem on October 17, 1915, the child of Polish outsiders, Isidore and Augusta Miller. Miller's dad had set up a fruitful clothing store after coming to America, so the family appreciated riches; in any case, this thriving finished with the Wall Street Crash of 1929. The Depression showed to the writer the delicacy and vulnerability of human…

grew up in Harlem, New York with his two brothers Augusta and Isidore. “Arthur Miller attended the University of Michigan before moving back East to write dramas for the stage. He earned widespread praise for Death of a Salesman, which opened on Broadway in 1949 and won the Pulitzer Prize along with multiple Tony's.”(Biography.com). The Pulitzer prize award that is awarded to musical artist, journalist, and authors. Miller also was well acknowledged for his pristine novel The Crucible. In his…

-- two teen-age mobs as the conflicting groups, one of them newly-arrived Puerto Ricans, the other self-styled "Americans." In November, 1955 Stephen Sondheim joined the project as lyricist. A year and a half later, rehearsals began for the Broadway premiere of West Side Story. West Side Story (as it is now known) transforms the famous work of Shakespeare called…

Hamilton: The 200 Year Phenomenon Hamilton. The name of an American Founding Father and, as by now more commonly known, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical. Through it, Alexander Hamilton continues to amaze people more than two hundred years after his death. The reasons for the phenomenon are varied, as will be discussed. In summary, he simply is the most relatable Founding Father. This paper will provide an answer to the question: Why does a Founding Era politician excite people in 2016? To…

A poet falls for a singer who drowned a century ago and gets the opportunity to travel back in time to stop her untimely death. BRIEF SYNOPSIS It’s 1906 and Broadway singer, JESSICA HARDEN, fears she has ruined her chance to become a star after she declines the advances of JP MORGAN. But supported by SAM and LOUISA SPENCER she becomes the darling of the stage. When Sam is killed in a tragic train crash a distraught Jessica accidentally drowns in the sea. A statue dedicated to her brightens the…

Zekiah Jupiter Mrs. Young AP Language and Composition 15 October, 2017 Hamilton and The American Dream In the award winning Broadway Musical, Hamilton, written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, there are an array of rhetorical strategies used in order to convey Miranda’s personal beliefs of the American Dream. He uses strategies such as repetition, metaphors, similes, and allusion, all of which to exemplify and explain Miranda’s interpretation of the American Dream; everyone should, not only be granted…

“Of Mice and Men” was also adapted to theater in both The States (2014) and Spain (2012). The Broadway version is something which caused a ripple of fame for director, Anna D. Shapiro. Spanish director Miguel del Arco presented his version of the novel as a play in Madrid in 2012, where it was also surrounded by amazing reviews. One might wonder how such a short novel could have inspired a chain of successful interpretations all over the world, but the answer lies in the simplicity and…

In October 15, 2015 on a chilly Thursday night, students, parents, and teachers attended the Mary Poppins broadway musical. Upon entering the theater, students handed out colorfully designed programs. Attendees who came earlier nearly filled up all the seats, but luckily there were a few seats left. Either the staff at Xavier were ridiculously talented at promoting the musical or perhaps the attendees simply knew that they were in for a treat. Lights darkened, the announcer greets the…

Broadway house for continuing care is located on 298 Broadway, Newark, NJ 07104 and it focuses on the continuing care of people living with HIV/AIDS. The mission of the program is to provide patients with healthcare services since 1995. The staff of Broadway house provide the patients with medical and nursing services, social services, behavioral health services, and quality of life programs. Through the use of all of these services they provide help in psychological, physical, and emotional…

Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) is the largest Opera Company in New England, founded in 1976. It is a nonprofit organization that relies on extensive donations from many supporters to produce and perform a great deal of programs on the stage and community (Boston Lyric Opera, n.d.). Its partners are divided into two parts, one is public support and another is organizations and institutions. The mission of Boston Lyric Opera is to produce excellent productions, inspire audiences to appreciate opera, and…