Pippin

Since theatre first became popular in the times of the Greek, the use of sound to enhance theatrical experience has been prominent. However, many leaps have been made since then to improve a sound designer’s abilities to create different and intricate sounds in their design processes. The evolution of sound playback systems is a key element in the development of sound design in theatre. Through exploration of the history of sound playback, the current available playback systems on the market and…

ways; old philosophers and scholars, old knowledge, old ways of orienting their lives as a group effort towards the greater good. Instead they began to look inward for answers, and to question everything that had previously been taken for granted. As Pippin summarises, “to be a modern individual is to demand independence; on the one hand, historical and intellectual “maturity,” […] a freedom from dependence on historical tradition and the power to rule one’s own beliefs; on the other, social or…

immediately influenced to write the storyline of Godspell. The music, however, was written by Stephen Schwartz. As Godspell was one of Schwartz’s earliest and most famous productions, he also worked on the composition and lyrics of the stage productions of Pippin, Working, Children of Eden, and Wicked, along with the cinematic Disney classics of Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The show was originally produced in 1970 on a smaller scale under the direction of Tebelak. Eventually, the…

According to Walker (3), the concepts of film noir that makes it especially fascinating are its “distinctive and exciting visual style, an unusual narrative complexity and a generally more critical and subversive view of American ideology than the norm”. Film noir utilizes the Hard-boiled tradition and German expressionist features to portray a film that is both complex and fascinating. In combination of the Expressionism, Fatalism and Realism that the film portrays, film noir conveys a dark…

The musical has gone through many changes in its lifetime. Its has been developed, explored and performed in millions of theatres around the world. But what really are the foundations of the art form itself? All of the three elements are really important, but there is one that stands out and has changed the most. That would be the music. The music has served the musical in many ways. It serves the characters extended feelings of fulfillment and gives the audience something to hum out of the…

created as a COX-2 inhibitor (Wikipedia, 2005). It was believed to have heart-protective effect because that was the result obtained by "dependable" animal testing. Nonetheless, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) consultant, John J. Pippin, recently revealed that Vioxx had a heart-damage effect on human (PCRM, 2005). The Vioxx and…

Introduction: Charlemagne was the King of the Franks from 768 and Emperor of the Romans from 800 until his death in 814. He expanded his kingdom to an empire, uniting most of west Europe. The Carolingian Renaissance is associated with his reign, a time when art and culture was revived through the Catholic Church, which encouraged a common European identity. Chapter 1 who is Charlemagne? He is the King of Franks; he was the greatest ruler in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire.…