Broadway

In the Last Night of the ballyhoo play by Alfred Uhry, the whole production of the play was beyond magnificent for a first-time student who has never attended a play before. The different scenes and stage production was very up to par and the characters were very outstanding. There are a few complaints I would like to critique to make the production kind of more valuable but overall, I enjoyed the play tremendously. Starting off, each character plays a significant role in the production theme.…

According to Floyd, “summertime” was the opening song written by George Gershwin for his folk opera porgy and Bess in 1935 which was an easy lullaby (218). Summertime was an aria and it is somewhat attributed to Ira Gershwin. The song became a well-liked hit and to a great extent recorded jazz standard and its lyrics written by Dubose Heyward who is the author of novel porgy. This song was been labeled as on the classics by many and to a large extent a xenophobic minstrel by others. Regardless…

On March 9, I went visited the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts to see The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk. The play was directed by Emma rice and written by Daniel Jamieson. The producing body included assistant director Keziah Serreau, choreography by Emma rice & Etta Murfitt, designed by Sophia Clist, lighting design by Malcolm Rippeth, sound design by Simon Baker, and composed/music directed by Ian Ross. I have never been to a play before this one. Flyers Lovers of Vitebsk was…

In This film, John Waters utilizes formalistic criteria, however it's basis is that of a real life example of what he remembers as a teenager. This style was the mis-en-scene, which was evident in the beginning as the title credits rolled and theme song played("Hairspray" by Rachel Sweet with Deborah Harry). Each Corny Collins' character has a 1960s style – big hair, stylish suits and dresses, and some classical-like music to dance to. Every shot within the title sequence focuses mainly on the…

In the book Lunch Poems, written by Frank O’Hara, there are several occasions and events mentioned, which seem to express and define Frank O’Hara’s outlook on life. Throughout this book, O’Hara goes back and forth it seems between his real life, reality and what he imagines within his thoughts and imagination, related to his surroundings and life experiences. As for one poem titled as “Steps”, a few topics are brought up in order to meet one outcome. In this poem, not only does O’Hara speak…

Richard Bernard "Red" Skelton (July 18, 1913 – September 17, 1997) was an American entertainer. He was best known for his national radio and television acts between 1937 and 1971, and as host of the television program The Red Skelton Show. Skelton, who has stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in radio and television, also appeared in vaudeville, films, nightclubs, and casinos, all while he pursued an entirely separate career as an artist. Skelton began developing his comedic and…

The author of the story Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe is about a prince who tries to avoid the red death. He locks himself in a castle. With loud music he stays in the castle and surrounded by the rich and the poor people were outside listening to how the prince partied. He had the door closed so no poor person can come in. Towards the end the red death came in and killed everyone inside. In this story we talk about the ebony clock and room east to west and finally we talk about…

Symbols flood the pages in Edgar Allan Poe’s The Masque of the Red Death, which he uses to clearly express the theme of unavoidable mortality; Prince Prospero’s palace chambers are one such symbol. The specific layout of the rooms is one symbol found inside the palace. Poe makes a point to describe the rooms from east to west. This symbolizes the rising and setting of the sun, as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. As the sun goes through its daily routine, so do Prince Prospero and…

I will be discussing the aspects of development from a historical perspective of the film and television industry. To help achieve this I will be focusing on musical genre in Hollywood by analysing the following clip shown of ‘Singin’ in the rain: Good Morning’. This clip shows how the musical conforms by having general conventions of the genre and also shows the development of Hollywood musicals and it’s importance to genre in a particular time period. Musicals had become an essential to…

Kwanzaa, an African-American tradition that contains seven symbols, is celebrated from December 26th until January 1st. “Dr. Maulana Karenga, professor and chairman of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach, created Kwanzaa in 1966.(History)” Each night, for seven nights, each family will light a candle. There are seven candles, one black, three red, and three green.(History) Each color represents something different; the black represents the people, the red represents the…