Mariinsky Theatre

Titus Maccius Plautus was a Roman playwright who leads huge influence on theatre development. He mainly wrote comedies. His comedies based on Greek comedies and it’s fascinating because of its humorous. Meanwhile, Plautus was also engaging in social criticism because the five plays reflected some social problem of the Roman society. The first play of the five assigned ones is “The Pot of Gold”. The main theme of this one is the process that how Euclio changed to a good man, or the evolution of…

1. Choose one of the following with which you are familiar: a film that is a remake of a previous film, a novel that is a response to an existing novel, or the staging of a play you have read. Analyze the differences between the two versions and argue how the adapted version adds meaning to the original. Support your argument with evidence from both versions. (10 points) I choose a staging of a play I’ve read Balinese interpretation of The Tempest. In Balinese’s production they use traditional…

A matinee performance on Saturday, May 20 (officially titled Here/Now No. 9) was perhaps the single most dispiriting afternoon I've ever spent at NYCB. The program presented six different works. By the end of the fourth week of the Here/Now festival the number of injuries was staggering -- every week had a multitude of casting changes. The dancers, usually so chipper on social media, had resorted to venting and more venting. Georgina Pazcoguin's wry line "To those who fell, to those who made it…

There were many parts in this play that I particularly enjoyed. One of the many parts of your play that I really enjoyed was when Romeo and Juliet first met. When they first met you decided to have them speak in sonnets. This was a really good decision because it showed that Romeo and Juliet had adapted this strong rich love for each other. Is that how you wanted the audience to feel? If not why did you choose a sonnet as the first words Romeo and Juliet speak to each other? I suppose using a…

in powdered white wigs, it’s a contemporary piece with scores of music in pop, hip-hop, R&B and only uses Black and Latino actors. In theatre, the concept of colorblind casting has been used for a long time but it is still a debate whether or not it’s an effective practice. Even the celebrated Black playwright August Wilson, in his speech addressed to the Theatre Communications Group National Conference “The Ground on Which I Stand” states that, “colorblind…

addresses the brutal murder of openly gay teenager Matthew Shepard in a small town of Laramie, Wyoming in 1998. The chronological structure of the play draws together interviews conducted after the event by Kaufman and fellow members of the Tectonic Theatre Project. Additionally, Kaufman uses these journal entries to retell and reconstruct what happened on the night of Matthew's assault, addressing the issue of gay hate crime. The play itself was structured into three acts. The first act…

My freshman year of college I was a theater major. (I know great idea, probably not going to get a job in that field) I was passionate for theater in middle school to high school and that drove me into the field. I loved the roar of the crowd and the blinding lights that filtered across the stage. I cherished the butterflies of the first performance the feeling of nerves before you walk out from that curtain. I ached for the stage that I had left hours before, it was an addiction. The adrenaline…

Othello which was written by William Shakespeare. This play has been remade countless times. It's been produced on the big screen and local stages around the world. Two of the most recognizable versions are by Tim Nelson and Oliver Parker. Both directors attempted to grab the attention of an audience comprised of different people and what was going on in society during the time of production. Parker tried to appeal to people who love Shakespeare. On the contrary, Nelson tried to appeal to a…

I liked the play because it gave a good description on the murder of Amyas Crale. The play described how Caroline Crale had murdered her husband by the coniine that was put in his beer. The coniine is extracted from the hemlock plant. The hemlock is the same plant that killed Socrates. When Amyas Crale drank the poison, he started to have cramps and pains as he slowly died. Crale complained that the beer tasted foul. As he painted Elsa Geer, his hands started to ache as the poison was going…

As a person who has only attened two other plays in their life, people might call me “unqualified” to review a play; these people are wrong. My qualifications for play review come solely from an “excess” amount of musicals listened to, pirated videos, and animatics watched on youtube. Seeing Guys and Dolls live was a great experience as a whole, and I enjoyed myself throughly. Understandably there were a few things that I disagreed with, so I will nitpick and pretend that my qualifications…