...I quickly made my way through the darkened streets, though the final act shouldn't start for another 40 minutes, it would be best not to dawdle. Especially considering what I have in my bag. Poisons, daggers, wooden stakes, chloroform. I never know what I might need, so I always come prepared. It's a difficult life I live. Having to sit through tedious plays every other night. Occasionally I'll get lucky and find one with a death scene, but mostly it's all comedies and happy endings. Everyone is so desperate for a happy ending. But my job as a reviewer for the PAPER makes things easier. And it's even fun reviewing my own work. Tonight's play is going to be a good one; TITLE. It's not just a death scene, but a murder. Oh I love it when I get...
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...When I was told that I would be seeing a theater production originally written as a radio play, that contained more questions than answers, I didn't think that would include a man in a tight spandex and black lipstick. But I guess that only adds to the fact of "more questions than answers". The UW La Crosse production of The Arsonists, written by Max Frisch and adapted by Alistair Beaton is one of the more strange plays that I've seen, but no less interesting. There was a lot of hard work and time put into this play and it showed. Personally, the people I think had the greatest impact on this show were the scenic designer, the actors, and the costume designer. In this essay I will explore what these roles did to help push the play forward, but also what mistakes I think they made....
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...On November 4th, 2015 I attended the Wildflowering of Chastity play at 7:30. The play was hosted in the Danny & Willa Ellis Fine Arts Building. The author of the play is Dutton Foster. The conflict of the play is formed around super villian Desmond Darkacre and protagonist Chasity Wildflower. The tone of this play was clearly melodrama, it featured different elements of intense moments while at the same time balancing comedy. For the most part it worked fairly well throughout the play. At some times the play reached heavily for comedy for the majority of the play it worked, but at some times it missed… badly. The production throughout the play was simple and worked well for the most part through the duration of the play. The main method of spicing up and...
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...Through play children engage and interact with the world around them, which helps allow the children to create and explore a world in their own eyes. As well as physical development, play also has a really positive impact upon a child's social and emotional development, for play can strengthen the bond between a parent and their child, because through play children are able to express their views, experiences and feelings, this particularly can be seen though role play, creative play, language play and exploratory play. Within play, parents are given who have the opportunity to observe or join in with child-driven play are given the unique chance to see the world from their child's point and they learn to communicate more effectively with their...
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...In Spill, Kristina Johnson plays several characters, of which I am focusing on the performance of Lillian Miller and Reporter 1. My reasoning for this choice was due to Johnson immediately grabbing my attention as she was interviewed by Hope Gold, who was playing the Questioner. Johnson’s confident and somewhat unruly attitude defied some of my assumptions of the play based on the performances up to that point. Johnson’s distinct choices in tone and physical expressions made her character in the first act to be enjoyable and compelling, but her similar performance for other characters in the second act lead to less success. Kristina Johnson’s performance brought charming wit and sarcasm that gave the play variety and an added depth that I appreciated. In the first act when Johnson’s character, Lillian Miller was introduced, Johnson used dramatic facial expressions and a tone that brought forward a...
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...acclaimed works of Jeffrey Hatcher, was performed at Hallberg Theatre, an arena theatre situated in California State University Fullerton. Dr. Joseph Arnold directed the play. Kenney Selvery, Heidi Palomino, Wyn Moreno, Chayan Tavakoly, Emily James, Victoria Sasso, Shawnia Keith, Tyler Cass, Jake Larosa, and Jackie Summers starred. The cast, director, and designers brought back to life the adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s An Unsocialist Socialist. The play “SMASH” shows the endeavors of a millionaire named Sidney Trefusis played by Bachelor of Fine Arts acting major Kenney Selvey. Trefusis’ ideals were torn between his capitalist practices and socialist beliefs. This uncertainty...
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...Harvey premiered on Broadway on November 1, 1944, at the 48th Street Theatre, and after one thousand seven hundred seventy-five performances, closed on January 15, 1949. The original production was directed by Antoinette Perry and produced by Brock Pemberton, starring Frank Fay as Elwood P. Dowd and Josephine Hull as Elwood's sister Veta. Elwood was subsequently played during this run by Joe E. Brown, Jack Buchanan, and most famously- James Stewart. The play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1945. It was originally a play, but has been adapted many times – the most famous being James Stewart’s rendition in all three adaptations of Broadway, Movie, and TV show. The film version did well at the box office, but not quite well enough to recoup its...
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...I have always revered plays as literature to read like a short story or a novel. My enjoyment of plays has usually been in this capacity. Seeing a play on stage, as I'm sure the author intended it to be experienced, has never been a priority for me. The two experiences I've had with stage plays occurred through work obligations and were not activities I looked forward to. The biggest assumption I held was that, unlike other forms of entertainment, stage plays could not be captivating. It was difficult for me to accept that anything could achieve a believable and entertaining flow of action without editing techniques, like camera zooms and proofreading. I also did not believe that a stage Actor could pull off a role in a way that I could relate...
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...audience. Being able to put on a production is something that requires many different elements. The Welland Canal Play utilizes many different elements that are incorporated in the show. A significant portion of the play includes semiotics attributes, which is the study of symbols and signs and how the audience interprets them. (Taucar, Jacqueline “theatre as a sign system.”) Semiotics components are featured in The Welland Canal Play; specifically, with Patrick and Seymour characters whom Landon Doak and Nicole Joy-Fraser play. The actors of Patrick and Seymour characters demonstrate a connection of friendship, family and being coworkers....
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...Play is an important part of a developmentally appropriate curriculum. Play has a positive affect on children and allows children to be attentive. Learning skills such as building block towers, drawing circles, and using safety scissors play apart of physical development. (Aiger, 2015). Sorting objects and material by color, shape, and size helps the age range I chose for cognitive development . Piaget’s Preoperational Stage categorizes the age group that I choose. Children learn to engage in representational play and manipulate symbols during this phase (Cherry, 2016). By increasing the play and pretend area during the preoperational stage children become increasingly adept at using symbols (Cherry, 2016). Self-esteem and self-confidence helps...
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...It was someday in the middle of october i saw a very interesting play at Whitworth theatre the production was the music man. Directed by Diana Trotter. The music director and conductor was Scott Miller. The assistant music director was Mary J. Trotter, and the choreographer was Jeannie Huskisson. In this play it was very interesting and they did very well on their acting, some actors stood out to me because they did an amazing job. Weston Whitener played harold hill, harold is one of the main characters in the play. Harold is a con man who convinces the townspeople they need a boys’ band to stay out of trouble. Weston Whitener did an amazing job on making me believed the words he said it almost was like watching something happen in real life but not. Emily Derby played Marian Paroo, Marian Paroo is a librarian and is a piano teacher she is the daughter of Mrs.Paroo, Emily Derby (Marian Paroo) did a phenomenal job on her dancing, singing and staying in character. The way she transitioned into singing and speaking was artfully blended....
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...attend. The Seattle Rep website provides important facts and information about their plays that the audience can read. Prior to seeing Dry Powder live, I found the pages devoted to Dry Powder on the website to be useful. The section provides access to the plot summary, characters, dates of events, and a feedback page. The information gave me a sense of who the characters are, how the production might look, and the theme of the play. Not only does Seattle Rep provide information but it also engages the audience. They do this by including a feedback page where it is a discussion page for people to share their own comments and opinions of the play. I read through discussion board and all of the comments were positive, one even saying “This is an A + play that should not be missed”....
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...Today I would like to write about the last play I attend on Sunday the first of November in Acts Theatre Lake Charles. The play is called Guys & Dolls which consider as a musical fable of Broadway based on a story and characters of Damon Runyon. The play and the theater were special for many reasons. First of all, I would like to mention the location and the style of the theatre, the theatre was in a neighborhood in old design, so when I arrived there I did not notice it’s a theatre because it was look like a regular building there were not even a sign, but when I entered the theater I was really surprised the theater has big room and comfortable leather seats and big stage. The stage was in proscenium arch design. Second thing I would...
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...I enjoyed going to see this musical play because it was inspirational for women and historical. The actress did a wonderful job to act out all characters. The plot of this play was to show three African-American women trying to better the world around them. The women discriminated for their gender and skin color but found success at the end. The play told the inside of the three historical women; Zora Neale Hurston, Clementine Hunter, and Fannie Lou. The play only consists of one actress to portray the characters and a three-man band for music. The actress played the women well to give us the emotions of the women. Part One was the inside of Zora Neale Hurston, an African-American novelist, at a party for the published her first book in 1934. The dialogue and music cues were helpful to describing the settings. Hurston was raised in an all-black town, so she didn't face racism much....
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...The title of that play is Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. It was directed by Ryan Martin and is being performed on September 9th at Baytown Little Theater. The play was written by Christopher Durang. This particular play is more modern compared to the other plays he has written because the first performance took place in 2012. The premier took place at the McCarter Theater in New Jersey. The play is about three siblings that don’t get along because of their differences. Vanya and Sonia live together in the house they grew up in and Masha is an actress that is always traveling. Vanya and Sonia never leave their home because they are used to having stay home and nurse their elderly parents. Even after their parents died they still stayed...
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