Theatre

The Italian Renaissance Theatre was from 1400 to 1620. It housed many operas and plays. The most popular performance was the Commedia. This was Farce, or low comedy. It was also known as slapstick for in some of the plays and actor would beat up another with a stick. The stage was designed to be disassembled easily, and was decorated with paintings. In many of the plays mask would be used such as ones you would find in a masquerade ball. Famous characters are categorized as The servants of…

A cold morning of March 23, 2017, I was part of a group of students from social work of St. Augustine College, attending a theater performance. We were there among students and professors from other Universities. The purpose of this trip, was to observe the performance of a group of young men incarcerated at the Illinois Youth Center-Chicago. The performance’s name was “Nah, It Ain’t Easy.” First, getting there wasn’t difficult due to I got a ride. I had to show my valid state-issued photo ID.…

Sleep no More is a play. Immersive theater is generally guaranteed to have turned around the customary force relationship between the entertainer and people in general, setting the group of onlookers in control of the creation. In this manner, it satisfies, minus all potential limitations degree, Jacques Rancière's vision of the Emancipated Onlooker, which showed up in 2007, the ideal minute for it to be used as a noteworthy hypothetical supporting for creations like Punchdrunk's Sleep No More.…

Boal theater is political, traditional. Aristotle tragedy is oppressive. Boal aim is to break the wall between audience and performance. Chapter 1. Aristotle’s Coercive System of Tragedy • Aristotle’s philosophy/tragedy (obey rules, no rebellion) - character of the tragedy would be antisocial, rebellious. His characteristics and ambitions lead to tragedy happening to him. Through the theater, Aristotle would fear members of audience who share the same qualities as the main character does.…

Theatre productions all over the world have set out on stage to give the audience a peculiar feeling, one that grows stronger as each scene progresses. A select few have been pieced together to bring back a special moment in your life, specifically a time you once had with a loved one, that keeps your heart and mind going. This is portrayed in CSU’s Theatre production of “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams directed by Garrett Ayers. Tom Wingfield, performed by Noah Kaplan, is torn away…

What are the most prominent theatres in today’s day and age? In Shakespeare’s time, one of the most popular was The Globe Theatre, also called Shakespeare’s Globe. Built in 1599, Shakespeare’s playing group, “The Lord Chamberlain’s Men” owned and operated this theatre. The theatre drew people from all across Europe, exposing Shakespeare to many people. Shakespeare, along with The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, performed some of his greatest plays there. The theatre burned down and closed once,…

When it first started, musical theatre wasn’t what we think of today, it wasn’t even called musical theatre. The roots of this art form go all the way back to ancient Greece. In America, however, it goes all the way back to minstrel shows, then vaudeville, follies after that, musical comedy and then finally it developed into what we recognize as musical theatre. This paper will tell a brief history of how musical theatre, or more specifically, Broadway, developed. There’s one prominent person…

Theatre is a great way to seek entertainment. Although theatre has many forms of art not many people know about them. As I learn more and more about the many arts of theatre I become more intrigued to explore every theatrical performance possibly out there. My latest experience of theatre was in Austin, Texas. I got the opportunity to attend the Esther’s Follies, a modern day vaudeville theatre. Some quick words to describe this fast pace performance is; colorful, magical, and filled multiple…

From a young age, I've always known that musical theatre was the profession for me as I was an exceedingly theatrical youngster in every sense. Listening to every cast recording iTunes had to offer, seeing plays as frequently as humanly possible, and keeping myself up to date on the latest new plays and musicals coming to Broadway (and beyond). It was not until my first production (Willy Wonka Jr) when I realized that this theatre thing was pretty exciting and had the ability to spark something…

Their first theater was simply called Theatre, in 1576 James Burbage leased a plot of land in London for 21 years with permission to build from Giles Allen then built a Theatre. All was well until 1597 when the 21 year lease ended and Giles Allen did not approve of the whole theatre idea. He then raised the price of the lease to an exorbitant level. The Lord Chamberlain’s men were forced to move to the Curtain Theater, which was 200 yards south of Theatre while trying to negotiate with Giles.…