Theatre

History of Musical Theatre When people imagine Musicals they think of Big Broadway lights shining down on people singing and acting but most do not know the story behind the curtains you see. People wouldn't’ ever first think of Athens on a hill in the fifth century B.C.E. Musical Theatre started as a unpopular idea but over the years it started to grow into a world wide famous reputation. A musical is a well written play that makes living art forms in dialogues that include music and…

Mak Yong is an ancient Malay traditional dance theatre including singing, dancing, acting, vocal and instrumental music, gestures, elaborate costumes, comedy as well as improvised spoken text in a single performance. Mak Yong is believed to be appeared well before the Islamization of the country. It is extending from the Patani region of southern Thailand through Kelantan, a north eastern state of West Malaysia. The majority of Mak Yong performances involved acting therefore no script were ever…

M*cbeth, and Other Theatre Quirks If a person were to walk into a theater during a rehearsal having no outside knowledge about theater or its vocabulary, that individual would probably become very confused. Sure, all the words are English, but to the untrained ear it is a completely different language. Stage right, left wing, upstage, downstage, apron, “thank you, five”, are just a few of many terms that serve very significant purposes in the theater. Thespians will often pride themselves on…

the modern, which I refer to as the theatre price paradox, where the intended audience (the common man) does not attend plays originally written for their empowerment and benefit due to a lack of financial resources. This paradox still exists in contemporary times, as the high costs of tickets to today’s major Broadway shows make access difficult for most people. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit Broadway musical, Hamilton, stands as a prime example of this theatre price paradox, as the show preaches…

In high school, I loved theatre. Even from a young age, I had always longed to be on the stage. When I was younger my aunt was a director for a community theater company and would often direct musicals and I loved performing when I could. However, even if the theater blood metaphorically flowed through my veins, I still had to practice at every opportunity. I auditioned many times and wouldn’t get the role I originally desired. It was crushing, especially since it was something I felt good at.…

Cherry Lane Theatre, located at 38 Commerce Street in Greenwich Village, is the oldest and a front-runner of Off-Broadway theatre in New York. The theatre has been dedicated to not only the development of new American theatre works, but also diverse productions of both new and classic theatre plays since 1924. In pursuit of the Cherry Lane’s mission, “To cultivate an urban artist colony, honor our groundbreaking history, and engage audiences as partners in creating theater that illuminates…

in awe as I watched Guys and Dolls at The Asolo Repertory Theatre. The playwright is Damon Runyon and the director of this production was Josh Rhodes, also included was Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser. The play was based on a book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. Based in the 40’s and involving gangsters, gamblers, showgirls, and a save you soul missionary, the Golden age of Broadway came to life. The stage was set on a proscenium theatre with beautifully made stage props. The stage props were…

Moving Theatre October 24, 2015 Joshua Chong It gets interesting when you take a play, put it outdoors and stretch it out over 3 kilometres. Even more so when each scene is written by different playwrights. Some may call it original, others may call that weird. My Lakeshore My Home (MLMH), produced by Sirius Theatrical is one of these plays. Performed in partnership with the City of Toronto and the Etobicoke-wide year long festival Cultural Hotspots, it is a…

Through, long times the best place in the world is the theatre. The man who canshow some his problems through his life, and he tries to discuss these problems. Therefore he finds the stage best place to appear thesedifficulties or disadvantage as a sort of arts. He makes the balance between the advantage anddisadvantage,thus he puts some solutions for these disadvantages. The arts are such as a genre to solve these disadvantages thatit's appear in societies.Some writers try to put many ways to…

Venue: In this production, the type of stage I will be using is the black box theater. The reason I choose this stage is because it is more up close and personal. Since this play is in a small area and only features two people, a closer audience will be required. Furthermore, this will give the audience more of a feeling like they are experiencing what is going on, like they are a part of the show. Also impacting the show and making the character feel like they are in the actual café, since it…