Long-running musical theatre productions

Live Production Analysis - Chorus Line The play written by Michael Bennett , The Chorus Line, was phenomenal! I watched the high school adaptation, which was performed by the Stockdale High School Performance Theater, on March 10, 2018. The astounding musical play consisted of a variety of songs that all were sung beautifully by the cast, different dance numbers, and an impressive lively ending which fired up the audience. Even from the beginning, the entire cast started off with a strong…

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…

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 by the audience/reader extensively despite his already skillful satirical talent. George Simon…

Research Essay Portfolio Task 5 Leonard Bernstein’s “West Side Story”-1957 is a landmark composition in the development of the American musical and it took many years for the idea to be developed into a musical. They had the idea of writing a deep meaning musical which would show people what real life was all about. The original idea was for a Jewish girl and a Catholic boy to fall in love. This theme however changed when the Puerto Ricans moved into New York and the story line was altered to…

Naïve Art is the work of an artist with no formal training or lacking the rule of perspective. Naïve painting is described as fresh, childlike, also the use of strong rhythmic design and vivid colors. Fernando Botero’s Dancing In Colombia is a perfect representation of Naïve art. Dancing in Colombia by Fernando Botero displays a clear painting as a group of people playing music and dancing, possibly in a bar or café ( see figure 1). This image uses warm colors such as red, brown, and black. The…

Singing in the Rain is “backstage” musical filled with comedy, songs and romance that was released in 1951 but set in the late 1920’s. It was one of the last films to be produced during the profitable golden age of the studio system. The film employs the typical characteristics a Hollywood musical by relying on superstar names and contagious dance numbers. The movie incorporates an additional level of parody into its wistful plot that is centered on the disruptive shift from silent movies to…

and Ferber’s and kept majority of the original play’s components. My experience watching Adcock’s take of The Royal Family was entertaining, humorous, and enjoyable. The storyline is about the life of the Cavendishes, who have a long-line of generations involved with theatre in New York City. Fanny Cavendish, played by Melissa Virgo is the grandmother of the family and fully embraces the family’s acting tradition. Tamarah Ashton, who plays has Fanny’s daughter Julie, is a also an actress trying…

Saving Theatre Programs My life revolves around theatre. Whether it is rehearsal, memorizing lines, building sets or fundraising it's always about theatre for me. It is stressful to balance school work and time with theatre, but I’ve never loved stress more. I know that my school has an outstanding theatre program. I have seen outstanding school plays and have been part of great shows. I look forward to going to rehearsal and theatre class everyday. Most of the time it’s the only reason why I…

excited as I had heard a lot of buzz about the musical. First of all, it stars Josh Groban in his debut on Broadway, which obviously would direct a lot of attention towards the musical. Additionally, I have heard from multiple people that the Female lead, Deneé Benton, is very much in the running this year for receiving a Tony award. Further, before I got the opportunity to see the play, I was also aware of the history that…

The production, Rent, is a rock musical that is based on a group of distressed artists having a hard time striving in the days of Alphabet City with HIV/AIDS constraining their lives. The original playwright, Billy Aronson, came up with the musical as a renewal of the opera La Bohemia of 1988. Aronson collaborated with Jonathan Larson, a playwright and composer, and created one of the most popular Broadway musicals to date. I watched and experienced a production of this musical at California…