Thoroughly Modern Millie

Thoroughly Modern Millie I watched Thoroughly Modern Millie on March 6th, 2015, at the Kravis Center, put on by the students of Dreyfoos. The sole reason why I picked this musical is due to the fact that one of my friends goes to the school and recommended me to watch the play in order to write this assignment. I was originally planning to critique Suncoast’s theatre students but their spring play does not start until April 2nd, which is beyond the deadline of this assignment. The overall experience of the play was fantastic and I would’ve love to watch the performance twice because everything just fell into place, the costumes, the set design, the producer’s choice of the cast, and so much more elements all just combined into a great play.…

Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love musicals and some of my favorites include: Wicked, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Footloose, and Phantom of the Opera, but this musical was barbaric. There was no excitement or emotion portrayed by any of the actors throughout the show; especially during the musical numbers. The one and ONLY CHARACTER who had enthusiasm, energy, and emotion was Tyler Smith as Buddy the Elf. He was constantly moving, laughing, smiling, cracking jokes, dancing, and putting effort…

Thoroughly Modern Millie depicts a story that takes place in the 1920, about a woman, Millie, who has a goal to find a job as a stenographer in the city of New York. She plans to be a stenographer to a wealthy businessman so she could eventually marry the man. Within the time that Millie spends in New York, she becomes friends with Dorothy, an orphan who check into the Priscilla Hotel. We learn that Mrs. Meers, the owner of the hotel, secretly sells her guests, into white slavery, and that her…

Lester Horton Lester Iradell Horton was born January 23, 1906 in Indianapolis, Indiana to Iradell and Pollyanna Horton. As a child he was interested in Native American culture, which is also what sparked his interest in dance. He studied several Native American tribes including, the Iroquois, Red River Indians, Penobscot, and Ojibway. Horton also studied ballet for two years, and took classes at the Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis while working for the Indianapolis Little Theatre.…

countries in the modern world. With a GDP of nearly 53,000 USD (United States Census Bureau, 2013), the US outcompetes nearly every other nation. This profound success is backed by an extensive and rich history, spanning from the time of colonization to modern day. However, the history of the United States is not one that is filled with joyous and pleasant occasion. It is marked by streaks of mistreatment and exploitation, including slavery, racism, and the displacement of the Natives who lived…

T.S Eliot once said, “Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different.” Eliot 's poem, “The Waste Land” (1922), embodies the essence of this quote; take from what is already there, and place his own updated interpretation for the modern audience to provide their own temporal relativist view on top of the already layered meaning of the original work quoted within Eliot 's poem. The…

Like any other countries, Germany has what they call traditional food, or maybe we can say their favorites or go to foods. Sauerkraut and Bratwurst with a type of beer called lager are the foods that most identify Germans. These traditional foods have been adapted among Germans for so many years and do have special meaning to the people in Germany. There are also what we call staple foods in Germany such as potatoes, noodles vegetables, pastries, pork, beef, lamb, chicken, and fish. But of…

the song ends, the speaker likely returns to the flourishing modern world, with the soul of the past as a distant tune in his head. Unlike Langston Hughes’ “The Weary Blues” where modernity is addressed later in the poem, Robert Frost’s “Directive” opens by establishing the burden of this new world by saying “back out of all this now is too much for us”(740). The speaker follows up by describing a place that no longer exists with any completion removed “by the loss of detail” (740). Houses,…

“What I am after, is the first impression - I want to show all one sees on first entering the room - what my eyes takes in at first glance” (Pierre Bonnard). Upon walking into the Museum of Modern Art, which was a little intimidating simply because there was a huge variety and the layout had just about everything you could imagine. From sculptures to paintings there was so much to take in. As I made my way through the museum I was immediately drawn to the room of Impressionism. The vibrant mix…

Two modern dance masters of the twentieth century, Merce Cunningham (1919 - 2009) and Alvin Ailey (1931 - 1989) both deceased and both from entirely different backgrounds, created genius compositions of movement and interpretation as exhibited on stage through their chosen art, modern dance. Suite for Five by Merce Cunningham (1956) and Revelations by Alvin Ailey (1960) were considered to be some of their greatest compositions and although the pieces were created and performed within four years…