The Phantom of the Opera

How Rodgers and Hammerstein Changed Broadway When you think of New York City, there is always one thing that automatically comes to mind, Broadway. You walk in Times Square and see all the captivating bright lights and loud noises. You see everybody handing out pamphlets to come see their, shows while there dressed in costume. You can’t help but wonder what their show is about. Whether you like plays and musicals, I’m sure at one point in your life you will see one or hear a song from one. The…

I am not sure but I remember I knew a film was named exactly like that. I also heard “The Phantom of Opera” in this day, arranged by Ed Lojeski. This was the first exposure to it. I never saw any stage musical, nor read the book before. That was very interesting. This piece was first opening as the play of an orphan our conductor of this show- Ronald…

Why audiences flock to see horror films is a mystery. The question as to why a person would put themselves through the psychological tortures that horror films create does not have a simple answer. However, it is evident that throughout time people have had a morbid attraction to the unknown and unexplainable. The reasons behind a person continuing to seek the thrills of a horror film is subject to the individual. Any film can seem scary to certain people, so the real question is in regards to…

Ray Douglas Bradbury was born in a small town north of Chicago on August 22, 1920. He grew up in Waukegan, Illinois, and at a young age, his life was exposed to a numerous amount of horror films including The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Phantom of the Opera. In 1934 he moved to Los Angeles where he completed high school. At the age of fifteen, he joined the Los Angeles Science Fiction League. He completed high school in 1937, and in 1947 he wrote his first collection of short stories called…

Sing a Song of Significance: Keyword Definition Argument Everybody loves music. Everybody loves the performance arts. Combining those two facts create an extremely popular genre of entertainment known as the musical. However, combining those two aspects might be more challenging than one might initially suspect, as the idea of a musical is surprisingly difficult to categorize, and the reasons for their existence must be analyzed in order to properly identify their role in modern entertainment.…

Many children experience nightmares. They toss and turn in their beds until a loving parent arrives to comfort them. Often though, the thing that eventually eases the child back into sleep is their own idea that morning and light are near. It is human nature to look toward the future to relieve fear and anxiety; but what if that future seems uncertain? What if the new day coming looks grim, foreboding, not hopeful at all? The 1980s were a time of excess and materialism. Fashion became more…

30-year career, Crowley has won five Tony Awards (for Aida, Carousel, The History Boys, Mary Poppins and Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia) and has designed over 20 National Theatre and 25 Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) productions as well as numerous operas, ballets and musicals. His sketches, models and photographs of some of his personal favorite creations over the years are pictured at the RSC (Jones). Most recently, Bob Crowley and 59 Productions have won the 2015 Tony Award for Best…

social media users tend to perform worse in difficult multi-tasking situations. It seems like social media is taking away the ability to filter out distractions and committing thoughts to memory. Like when a phone buzzes at work—or doesn’t buzz. Phantom vibration syndrome is a new diagnosis that people are getting today. One study showed that eighty nine percent admitted to this happening at least once every two weeks. It seems our bodies’ nervous systems are rewired to produce an “itch” for a…

Popular culture deals with people's lifestyle, attitudes and activities that are prevailing in a given society. Post World War II in Australia for some it was a time of certainty, prosperity, rising income, improved lifestyle. For others, it was a decade of oppression, censorship, prejudice, discrimination, hatred. The 1950s and 1960s were the decades in which the horrors of war were forgotten, and Australia launched itself into a whole new era. This response will describe the changes in…

My New York Walkathon “Excuse me madam, you need help?’ I saw an old man wearing rags, carrying a sandwich in one hand and his phone in the other. Dressed in a blue collared shirt, neatly buttoned and belted up, he looked nothing close to a street urchin. It was my first day in the most wanted city of the United States of America-New York. I thanked him for his help, and decided to figure out the route of the subway (tube trains) as they call it there. It took me time, to get myself accustomed…