Theatre

opportunity to manage all production aspects of a spring musical at my high school. Learning to manage every facet of a live musical theatre show created many obstacles. This opportunity has revealed certain strengths and weaknesses, has aided in preparing for future leadership roles, and rightfully reassured that technical theatre is just as important as performance theatre. Initiative is defined as “the ability to assess and initiate things independently,” and that is precisely what I was…

romantic comedy to farce to dramatic comedy. He has received 17 Tony nominations and won 3. In one season he had four successful plays on Broadway at the same time. In 1983 he became the only living playwright to have a New York theatre named in his honor, Neil Simon Theatre. It ran for 678 performances and it took Neil Simon three years to write it. This was turning point in Neil Simon’s career because he discovered…

Intimate Apparel- Theatre Critique On Tuesday, April 4th, 2017 at 7:30 p.m., I attended a theatre performance, Intimate Apparel, by Lynn Nottage, but was directed by Melissa Maxwell. This performance took place at Texas State University in the Patti Strickel Harrison Theatre which intended to be a thrust type of stage. With the set, lighting of the play, and the thoroughly thought costumes, specific performances, and comical performance style, I would say that the Texas State Universities’…

Appearances of Theatre vs. Reality Off Stage The philosophical author, Shakespeare, is well known for creating plays that make the audience take a different look on life. Composed circa seventeenth century anno domini; Macbeth and Hamlet are two plays with indistinguishable themes.These two intricate tragedies define Shakespeare’s work beautifully. In Macbeth, three witches, a ghost, and patriot corrupt a kinsman; changing the way he behaves. In Hamlet, a ghost, a mousetrap, and a skull give a…

How boring would life be without musical theatre entertainment? I can answer that—boring. Entertainment in this industry has proved the world that musical theatre is just as amusing as a football event played on the weekends. Acquiring a job in this field can be difficult, but with hard work it can be done. Musical theatre has been around for a long time and has changed over decades. Entertainment in this industry started in the nineteenth century and still thrives today. It started off…

interaction, props and just full of character to name a few. I had the pleasure of viewing this piece with several apparent regulars to the Pocket Sandwich Theatre off of East Mockingbird, Dallas Tx, on 10/15/15. Overall, this show was fantastic. It had the element of audience interaction that not many plays really have and if they do, no theatre has it down like Pocket Sandwich. Before the show they have someone that greets you with a medium sized boat of popcorn that any newcomer would think…

day and I really thought it was going to be a boring musical to watch. I expected that the musical would be set in the past around 1950s and it would be confusing for the audience to relate to. When I walked into the Philip Lynch Theatre I was surprised that the theatre was a thrust stage with two floors of seating.The main floor seats were all filled but the balcony seating was empty. The first thing that you noticed when you walked into the lobby was a wall that had a quote that covered the…

Spanish theater From 1570 till 1681, the Spanish theater knows a very big success. It is a century of glory and creativity, complete revival of the theater. That's why this period is called the golden age of theater.Furthermore, contrary to France, the Spanish Church encourages and protects the theater. The theater is very appreciated by the population. The authors are constantly submitted to the production of new plays to please the audience. A play does not take place more than eight days.…

My community is theatre. I saw my first show in a baby bjorn as my father directed it and my mom acted in it. Some say that theatre is their second home, but it is my home. No matter what other activities I have done throughout the years, I find my life constantly consumed by theatre. Though theatre is the art of storytelling, to create these stories a community is formed. Theatre has the ability to captivate and change people. It can raise questions and discussions, by taking people to another…

What was it like to watch a show at the Globe Theatre? The shows at the Globe Theatre didn’t just include the actors. The audience drank openly. Prostitutes worked in the audience, along with pickpockets. If a show was particularly bad, rotten fruit would be launched at the stage. Eggs were another popular choice, as they could buy six for only a penny (Milner 24). The people you watched the show with could change the experience- they added their own jokes and talked to the actors. They hissed…