Theatre

Theatre is something that can transform the lives, beliefs, and ideas of many people. Whether it be a small local theatre performance or a Broadway musical, it will impact each and every audience member in some way. Theatre can be controversial, but that makes it generates discussion and brings new issues to light. Controversy causes people to discuss topics and issues in ways they never have before. By having one controversial piece of performance art or one controversial moment in a play can…

other. Even though theatre is a great way to lean about history, the idea of how one properly expresses one culture is already hard, to not mention how it’s even more difficult to corporate two cultures at the same time. However, no matter how hard it is, there are many playwrights, actors and actresses who have done a good job introducing Asian American theaters in an amazing ways. Rather than learning different histories and cultures from the boring and lengthy books, to me theatre indeed…

1960’s, a group made of mostly University of Chicago alums embarked on a new comedic venture as they opened the doors to Second City Theatre. Little did the audience and players know that the establishment would soon become a pioneering institution in the domain of improvisational theatre and comedy. Charging only one dollar for entry, this counter-culture, new theatre allowed the audience a truly unique experience as they used intelligent humor and audience participation to create spur of the…

College Essay Growing up in Arizona, far away from The Great White Way, my theatre-going experience had been limited to the occasional trip to a regional children’s theatre or whatever movie musical adaptation was playing in theaters. Moving to New Jersey at the start of my freshman year provided me access not only to Broadway itself, but to a completely different societal attitude regarding theatre. Neither my elementary school or middle school had a school play and trips to New York City…

like imaginary body, and balance and form. As someone who greatly appreciates the theatre, I feel that it is important to educate others on the difference between a play, and musical. For both a play and musical, dialogue is used to convey the story. Plays focus on the spoken word while musicals use singing, and dancing. But even in some instances, plays incorporate music, and choreography. In modern day theatre, the word “play” has a broad meaning. A “play” is a stage adaptation of a story…

and was buried at Novodevichy Cemetery. Stanislavski created a new way to preform acts and other parts of theatre, this way of theatre made its way all over the globe and is now one of the most used ways to preform acts at shows and other places. This new way of preforming was to make the actors act realistically while on stage to make the movements believable. Stanislavski made theatre what it is now. It used to be big and overreacted movements so then people in the audience would be able to…

I arrived at the Wednesday night showing of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the Bellamy not knowing what to expect. I had never been to a Shakespeare production before, but I enjoyed the first production, A Streetcar Named Desire, so I had high expectations for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. I thought I would like A Streetcar Named Desire more since it was a realistic play and a little more relatable than fairies and spells, but I was completely wrong. Even though A Midsummer Night’s Dream was not…

There is nothing mystical or magical about Brecht’s plays: everything is on view, and the audience never forgets they are in a theatre. Brecht likes relates his theatre to a sporting event. Sports fans are familiar with the rules of the games they watch, and will argue vociferously with the referees when they disagree with a call. As our notes about Brechtian technique on October 29th said, “Brechtian technique always refers to the combination of a particular stage technique with a political…

modern theatre. The actor, author, playwright and theatre director belonged to a family of Russian-Jewish background, and therefore added the ‘off’ back to the end of his name and opted to go by his middle name. Berkoff had a troubled childhood and often felt like he didn’t get what he wanted and in 1952 he was sentenced to a stint in borstal for stealing a bike. He used theatre as an escape. Following more training at the Webber Douglas School of Drama, he worked extensively in repertory…

totally disappeared and he gave it no more thought. No sooner were they back in orbit, then Chad received a call from their theatrical producer; We’ve been invited to put on a show at the Marac theatre for a two-week run. What do you think…