Terra Nova Sparknotes

“The Producers” is one of the most famous musicals in Broadway. Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan adapted the musical from the 1968 film of the same name. The musical is about two producers that oversell interest in a Broadway flop in order to become wealthy. The musical consist in play with in the musical. The producers, Max and Leo, choose the worst play ever written and the worst director. However, the play turns out to be successful and Max goes to jail and Leo escapes with the money to Rio. The two more important external event in the play are the event when Leo decides to help Max and the moment when the play becomes a success.

Fear of cuckoldry is widely known theme in medieval and Renaissance English literature. Fear of cuckoldry was also a widespread fear in English society during those eras. Men often treated their wives as possessions. Once men and women married, divorce was almost impossible, especially since it was almost impossible to prove that one had been cuckolded. If one were cuckolded and one’s wife had another man’s child, one might spend decades taking care of that child and passing on one’s money and belongings to that child without ever knowing that one had been deceived. Unmarried women are seen as their fathers ' property and the play 's two marriages are marked by jealousy and cruelty. Most

In The Heights is a play that the UCPAC presented as their spring musical. The play was performed on March 31st, April 1st, 2nd, 7th and 8th. I saw the play on April 2nd, at the 3:00pm on Sunday. Originally, it was produced on Broadway by Kevin McCollum and many other people. The book was written by Quiara Alegria Hudes. In the Heights explores three days in the characters' lives in the New York City Latino neighborhood of Washington Heights. The play features hip-hop, salsa, merengue and soul music.

In Othello every character has their own personalities that makes them the person they are. In Othello there are characters that show true grit, a fixed mindset, and a growth mindset. Each characters are different which makes the book even more interesting. True grit means to endure and push through to do something better no matter what it takes. An example of grit is studying for a long period of time for a test and enduring the amount of work that must be completed. The definition of mindset is the established set of attitude held by someone. There are two other types of mindset as well. There is growth mindset and fixed mindset. Growth mindset is when the person isn 't

Our Town, a theatrical production directed by Roseann Sheridan, recreates the day-to-day activities of ordinary citizens living in a small New Hampshire town. The stage manager (played by Denzel Taylor) introduces the audience to the Webb and Gibbs households, who the entire play revolves around. The Webb and the Gibbs represent the typical family in present day society who live about their lives and fail to acknowledge and appreciate the small joys of life. The play Our Town uses a contrast in scenic design between Acts 1-2 and 3, specifically with respect to the absence or presence of scenery and props, to illustrate how we take our lives for granted; in fact, we never truly appreciate what we have until it is gone.

The Spring Awakening by Valencia College Theater on October 21 was extremely entertaining as well as a nice surprise. The director Julia Gange did a wonderful job of presenting a very smooth performance that kept the audience amused. I felt as if the play was absolutely entertaining and was presented very professionally. In my opinion, the show was awesome due to the quality of the acting as well as the presentation of the set.

When pairs of texts are considered together, their universal themes and ideas lead to greater understanding, appreciation and insight of both the old and the new. The texts Othello, William Shakespeare (1600) and Othello, Geoffrey Sax (2001), ring true for this statement. Despite the differing contexts and ages, the universal themes of racism and betrayal bring new meaning to each of the texts. The primary meaning from the juxtaposition of the two is that of the human condition, and how the problems faced in the 17th century are faced in modern times.

On Saturday, December 3rd at 4 pm, I watched the play “Tartuffe” at York College. “Tartuffe” is a classic French play written by Moliere. It was originally named “Tartuffe, ou I’Imposteur”. And it was first performed in 1664. The play is a comedy that centers around the character Tartuffe who is a hypocritical holy man. Throughout the play Moliere indirectly tackles many societal problems in his time.

Resilience is the ability to bounce back from adversity or hardship, this idea was express to the audience by Debra Oswald in Gary’s house and podcast through the lives of fictitious characters based on real Australian People. She chooses themes such as people marginalised in society, challenging gender roles and the past affecting the present knowing that the audience will relate to it. By using these ideas with the diverse range of characters, Oswald is able to show how people need resilience and how important it is to overcome adversity through engagement with characters and their development throughout the play.

We are always told not to judge a book by it’s cover, but how many people disregard the saying and do it anyway? In the novel Chasing Orion by Kathryn Lasky, Georgie is an eleven year old girl whose new neighbor, Phyllis, is living in an iron lung because polio prevents her from breathing. Georgie is first in awe, then questions and ultimately loses all trust in Phyllis. Along the course of the story, Georgie learns that things are not always what they seem. In the beginning, Georgie is in awe of Phyllis.

London characterizes the three Americans, Hal, Charles, and Mercedes, as inexperienced dog sled riders, which caused them and thirteen dogs to die. This is because, one, the way they packed the sled. They had overpacked the sled with items that they didn’t need. For example, they packed a tent that they didn’t need because it was spring and warmer outside, they packed canned food which would put more weight on the sled, plates, silverware, and too many clothes. In addition to overpacking, they did not pack the sled well. When the dogs would get going fast and come to a turn, the sled would tip over and the items inside would spill out because it was poorly packed in. The three also were showed how they were inexperienced because of having fourteen

The novel begins with four letters written by Robert Walton, who was sailing North, in search for a faster route. In these letters, Walton explains to his sister, Mrs. Saville, of the lonely life upon the ship and how he has no true friends. Mrs. Saville, who is following their father’s orders, reinsures her brother of the evil at sea, but Walton only wanted fame and glory. Walton is sailing through the Artic when his ship is surrounded by ice; one day among the ice, his men saw a man of a gigantic stature being led by a sled of dogs. The next morning, the sailors were on the deck when from afar they saw another dog drawn sled. Upon its approach, Walton noticed its guide was emancipated and convinced him to come aboard. All of the sailors where

For the live theatre critique project I watched the Dearly Departed play. I watched this show at the Klein Oak High School auditorium and I watched it on November 9, 2015 at 7:00 P.M. Dearly Departed was about a guy name Bud who dies as known as Andrew Brown in the play his family plans a funeral for him, but everything goes wrong. Junior and Ray-Bud get into a fight and start punching each other they both were bad and were separated they both later sat down together drank beer and solved out the situation and they both apologized to each other. Everyone in The Dearly Departed play were really frustrated because Bud dies and Junior and Ray-Bud get into a fight Junior

Doubt is a play written by John Patrick Shanley, and the story revolves around a strict nun (Sister Aloysius), who suspects that a priest (Father Flynn); respectively, has done something very inappropriate to Donald Muller; a 12 year old boy who is the the only African American student at this Catholic school. Based upon a few details she came across and a lot of certainty that was displayed, Sister Aloysius recruits a young, nun (Sister James) in order to help assist her in looking for suspicions and keeping an eye out for Father Flynn. She even went as far as alerting Donald's mother, who surprisingly I might add, wasn't appalled nor shocked, by the comments. Instead she was more worried about getting Donald into a good high school, and

The Parable of the Talents therefore refers to the metaphor "life is a precious possession." If you have many talents, you must "invest" them wisely--use them as you should use material goods, in a charitable way. If you have a few talents, you must invest them wisely as well. Even if you have only one talent, you must invest it wisely and do good in the world with that talent.In an important way, the play Everyman demonstrates the ways in which a person who does have talents (Good Deeds that are trapped in the ground) wastes them, like the servant who buries his one talent in the ground and is cast into the dark, the "place of wailing and grinding of teeth." According to the play's allegory, what forces in