acting in roles that aren't similar to my own personality is difficult for me, I’m impressed by someone who can do it so well. My third favorite actor I’ve chosen is Sutton Foster, because I love musicals and she is basically one of the queens of Broadway. She is the sought after triple threat, and when I saw her Tony Awards performance of “Anything Goes” my eyes nearly popped out of my head because her dancing and singing abilities were so incredible. She is also a charismatic actor, and…
of my favorite characters since he was more interested in improving the musical and getting Niki to fall in love with him than he was solving the murder. I liked Bambi for the reason she was not afraid to speak her mind, she had a dream being on Broadway that she was not going to let anyone from stop from following her not even her mother. The benefits about attending a live theater can be for entertainment, can create new with family or friends, and an escape from the real world. Comparing a…
Broadway says he’s the greatest performer to have ever stepped foot on stage. He’s been called brilliant. Prodigal. The very definition of what perfection is. He himself is flawless. Women whisper as he passes; men suddenly shrink under the feeling on inadequacy…
The Barrow Gang The 1930’s were a time of hope, despair and vulnerability for the United States. The Great Depression destroyed the American economy and left millions of people without money, homes, or food. American people deserted their foreclosed homes and found themselves living in Hoovervilles, which were shanty insufficient neighborhoods built in the suburbs of big cities. Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, the two most recognized members of The Barrow Gang, took advantage of the tanking…
He was an Oklahoma Indian, a cowboy, a vaudeville performer , a film and Broadway star, a newspaper columnist, a social commentator, a comedian, a philosopher, and a world figure.Yet, foremost, William Penn Adair Rogers was a vigorous and adequate man, one of best known celebrities from the 1920s and 1930s, who once proclaimed “We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.”. His hearty anecdotes and homely style sanctioned him to deride gangsters,…
Introduction: Maya Angelou is one of the most renowned influential voices of time. She has over 50 honorary doctorate degrees and became a celebrated poet, memoirist, educator and civil rights activist. Poets Life: Maya Angelou was born on April 4th, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri. She was born by the name Marguerite Johnson, and throughout her life, she as raised in St. Lousies and stamps Arkansas. Maya Angelou was an African-American, who was very multi-talented as she was an author,…
An orthodox New York City church caught fire on the evening of May 1, hours after worshipers had celebrated Easter. Huge flames could be seen coming out of its doors and windows, and triggered a four-alarm warning, requiring 170 firefighters who battled to douse the fire. The fire started at about 7 pm and led to a near-complete destruction of the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Sava in Manhattan, which was designated a city landmark in 1968. The church's priest, Father Djokan Majstorovic,…
The extent to which freedom of expression is applied in America is an essential question that has been debated since the freedom was first established in the constitution. One medium of expression, musical theatre, demonstrates the potential consequences of this freedom’s restriction through the attempted censorship during the 1930s of (insert the number of plays that were censored). A popular producer in that time, John Huston, commented on this issue when he stated, “I don't approve of…
Sunday’s at Tiffany's by James Patterson is a romantic comedy full of love and imagination. Every Sunday was the same for eight year old Jane Margaux. She would spend the day following her mother, Vivienne Margaux, a Broadway Producer, around New York City as she met with business partners. Jane’s imaginary friend would always be by her side, Michael, a handsome man who looked the age of about thirty. Every Sunday they would stop at a fantastic restaurant and eat fantastic dessert, then, would…
Bishop experienced a succession of personal and professional milestones during the middle years of the Great Depression. In 1933, she was given her first one-woman show in New York City. A few years later, the Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased her painting Two Girls, the same year she was asked to return to Art Students League to teach. A decade later, she became the first woman to hold an executive position as Vice President of the National Institute of Arts & Letters. Among her many awards…