Mamma Mia!

Sitting in the crowded dressing room getting ready, putting costumes on, doing each others hair, putting makeup one, layering makeup on makeup, making sure that each and every individual appears over the top and able to be noticed from the very back row. Once everyone is ready to go, they all go backstage to start the pre show rituals. Everyone start to shake out their nerves one limb at a time making sure that everyone is ready for the show to start. Standing in the wings, thinking over the…

The theme of Sacrifices between the families is portrayed in the texts. Written text ‘My Sister’s Keeper’ by Jodi Picoult and short story ‘The Gift of the Magi’ by O’ Henry. Media text ‘Mamma Mia’ directed by Phyllida Lloyd and Script ‘Billy Elliot’ by Stephen Daldry. These texts introduce a range of sacrifice that can occur in family relationship; married couple, mother and child, father and child and between siblings. All of these texts are connected sacrificing their most valuable. The Gift…

Chicago, Mamma Mia!, and Hairspray all premiered in theaters while their counterparts were still on Broadway. There is a reciprocity to these relationships as the marketing prowess of Hollywood gets the name of the productions out to the masses, and a hit Broadway…

the Hero’s Journey, one must meet all steps of the process: the Call, the Threshold, the Challenge, the Abyss, the Transformation, the Revelation, the Atonement, and the Return. One movie that shows a great demonstration of the Hero’s Journey is Mamma Mia. This movie, directed by Phyllida Lloyd, was released in 2008. The overall conflict in the movie is that the main character, Sophie, does not know her biological father and struggles to find him throughout the movie. After Sophie goes through…

ideas. With themes and ideas that jump from one tone to another, with still keeping a bright stage for the audience to see that there is a happy satisfaction in the air between the actors. For instance, song titles in the play like, “Chicago”, “Mamma Mia”, “Dogfight, “Rent”, are all song titles that one can read that these do not connect at all. Therefore, that is where the many basic ideas are noted. So one individual can say that theme for this play is the Coming of age. While the other one…

Narrative essay It was the first day of the summer 2009. I just finished watching my first musical phantom of the opera, I told my sister I sang just as well as Christine the main character. Lily my little sister giggled and said “no way you are the worst singer in the world.” Sadly I sat in my room, and I came up with a plan to become the best singer of all time. I told my parents to come so I could ask if it would work my mother told me “if you work hard and put your mind to it you can…

most popular one would be Mamma Mia. The story of Mamma Mia is about a woman Sophie who is getting married and wants her father to be there. Only one problem, she doesn’t know who her father is because her mother had relationships with three different men nine months before she was born. So through the music of ABBA, Sophie tries to discover which one is her father. This musical is currently the the eighth longest running show on Broadway and ABBA fans love it. Mamma Mia contains all of the…

I couldn’t really think of a place I would really like to visit. So I decided to watch Mamma Mia and I liked the location they filmed this movie. It was beautiful and I liked how every building was just one solid color while the roof was either blue or brick red. While the ocean was a remarkable clear blue which was even better. I searched where this location would be at and it turns out to be a small town called Skopelos Town, part of Sporades Islands in Greece. I’m guessing I want to travel…

10 Most Incredible Churches in Greece 10. Athens Catholic Cathedral of Saint Dionysus Areopagite This is the seat of the Catholic Church in Greece. The basilica is of the three-aisle form and is a work of Athenian classicism. Twelve giant columns made from green marble from Tinos island support the roof. The floor is made of fine Pentelic marble, and there are 8 impressive vitraux on the windows in the lower part of the church. 9. Church of the Holy Apostles Located on the western area of…

cult hit in the early 1980s, and has since seen several revivals on stage. Mamma Mia (2008), based on the songs of ABBA, and Across the Universe (2007), based on The Beatles, are other examples of excellent rock musicals. You can’t have any type of film list without including romance, especially when it comes to musicals. Many musicals have romance at their core, including cross-overs from other sub-genres, such as Mamma Mia. Phantom of the Opera, though a darker sort of musical that borders…