Mariinsky Theatre

In Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night's Dream, he portrays the ideas of comedy [(incongruity, the balance of opposites, exaggeration) SP 7] to argue that all tragedies are actually comedies. The first element of comedy that Shakespeare uses to argue what tragic plays really are is an incongruity. On line 85 of Act 1 scene 2, Bottom states, "We may rehearse most obscenely and courageously " The mix-up of obscenely and obscurely provides amusement and sets up for other examples of bottom…

The “Into the Woods’ performance was amazing. It was the first performance of a play at AHS that I have ever attended and it made me regret not attending more. It was so good. I have never seen the full movie version of this musical, but watching this play made me want to watch the movie. So many people at our school have wonderful voices and I never knew because I never took the time to go to any of the plays. The main reason I went to this show was because I had volunteered to Usher, but I am…

On April 16th, I attended the College of Charleston production of Into the Woods, a very well done thought out musical that takes a surprising turn for the worst. My expectations for the play were far exceed, the cast did a wonderful job and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Though at first glance or thought, it might not seem like it, the musical brings in real estate in many aspects during many different scenes, the musical also has some relations to King Street and its real estate. Into the Woods…

According to the video Dramaturgical Approach, Dramaturgy is a theory that explains how individuals manipulate their identity to create a better version of themselves in some situations. This theory was introduced by Erving Goffman, and he theorized that how we interact with people can be seen through Dramaturgy. This is basically a process people use to control how they are seen by other people. First off, by using their front stage self, people can present a better version of who they are.…

Question: Does the amount of productions, (meaning musicals/plays), people have performed in have any relations to how much they like theater on a scale of one to ten? I want to know whether or not the amount of shows has anything to do with how much they like theater. Is it possible that a person who has been in a very little amount of productions versus someone who have been in more than a dozen can like theater just the same? Hypothesis: The amount of productions people have been in, has no…

The Importance of Being Earnest an Oscar Wild Playwright, and Tootsie by screenwriter Larry Gilbert have many similarities and differences. Even though the stories are set in 100's of years apart, they are alike in ways you would expect they would be different. The Importance of Being Earnest set in the 1890's, and Tootsie set in the 1980's. These comedies are set in different times but you can see similarities and differences in their themes, characters, and their treatment of love and women.…

Kramer vs. Kramer deserves a three star rating. The acting is one of the main reasons I give this film a three star rating. Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffmann did a great job at conveying the emotions their characters were feeling. When Meryl Streep’s character, Joanna, was putting her son, Billy, to bed, I felt as if she was the boy’s actual mother. Dustin Hoffmann also did a phenomenal job at portraying his anger all throughout the movie. At some points throughout the movie, Dustin…

The intimacy provided by the cellar theatre made the set all the more real; the audience was just as involved with the show as the actors were. Since the audience was so close to the stage, the actors had to be completely engaged the entire time (which they were). If there were any restrictions…

Stanislavski did not want his students to forget the audience, he just wanted them to have the appropriate awareness while on stage. He wanted the audience to still be aware of them as the audience plays a huge part in theatre. I think his idea of concentrating on something on stage, to keep the focus off the audience, is a good idea. He thought if his actors observed the object intensively enough, a desire would arise in them, to do something with it. Although, the actors lost basic faculties…

interaction, props and just full of character to name a few. I had the pleasure of viewing this piece with several apparent regulars to the Pocket Sandwich Theatre off of East Mockingbird, Dallas Tx, on 10/15/15. Overall, this show was fantastic. It had the element of audience interaction that not many plays really have and if they do, no theatre has it down like Pocket Sandwich. Before the show they have someone that greets you with a medium sized boat of popcorn that any newcomer would think…