On October 10, 2017 I saw “Guys and Dolls”, at The Milwaukee Repertory Theater, and it was astonishing. The musical was set in New York, 1995. Nathan Detroit needs money to be able to host at the new location for his crap game. So he bets Sky Masterson, a high rolling gambler, that he has to take a “Doll” on a date in Havana, Cuba. Sky Masterson takes on the bet, it turns out he has to take Sarah Brown, a young evangelist who works for the local missionary and hates gamblers. The musical goes on and Sarah gives Sky a run for his money, and then surprise each other as they fall in love. The acting and singing was well done. Especially the singing, which was catchy and groovy. With the acting, Nathan Detroit did the best job, in my opinion.
When innocent and nerdy Seymour Krelborn discovers a strange and foreign plant, business takes a sharp turn at a floral shop where he works. In this musical filled with suspense, excitement, horror and sadness, Seymour shines bright and is the main interest at Skidrow. Seymour follows his dreams and falls shortly after he does not make the right decisions and hesitates with nerves. “Little Shop of Horrors” is a musical about the ideal “American Dream” compared with reality that we face everyday as we open our eyes. The lyricist and book writer of “Little Shop of Horrors” is Howard Ashman and the composer of the musical was Alan Menken. The musical was presented by the Cathedral High School Visual and Performing Arts Department in the Phantom
Their costumes were amazing very realistic and funny, again love their creativity, especially how they added little bits of modern comedy and the narration was great. When the audience had the break and coming back in their setup was still great everything was perfect nothing falling or hanging off. As well as the switching of lights in the beginning middle and end it was beautiful and smooth.
How are audiences made to engage with and understand the social issues and personal concerns of the characters on stage?
2o years later and still confrontational A revival of Nick Enright’s Good Works, was demanded after not been staged in Sydney since 1994. Almost two decades forward, Darlinghurst Theatre company have collaboration in order to produce a play a year by Australian writer Nick Enright. Enright’s Good Works spans across the political, cultural and social Australian history from the nineteen sixties to the nineteen eighties.
The acting in Of Thee I Sing was nothing but spectacular. The acting from all of the actors was believable. The way how they projected their voices was well done and the how they delivered their lines was well executed. An actor who did these and more was Kyle Laing
First, I’d like to commend all the actresses and actors on their excellent performances and voices, but, as always, there were some that stood out more than others. I thought Hannah Eckert and Joe Campbell, playing Jimmy and Billie, did and excellent job working with each other. Their duets were beautifully sung and had great synchronization, especially during the song ’S Wonderful which had them, perfectly synchronized, dancing up and down the stairs in what I believed to be a difficult dance number. Also, I’d like to comment on Tony Frenchu and Melanie Bratsch performances, who were clearly the audiences favorite, and mine, due to the amount of cheering and the standing ovation they received. Tony was perfect as cookie with his tall frame
The actor’s satirical portrayal of his character, along with vocals and body techniques, brought out funny moments which I believed were true reactions with emotional honesty. I thought the actor’s performance was genuine and really enjoyable to
The acting; which we know is subservient to the music was great. Caroline Meisner who play Mary was spectacular. She was very much so Mary Poppins. She wasn’t acting when she played the part. She embodied the spirit of Mary Poppins and allowed it to shine through. Bert was played by Bredley McBride and the same goes for him. His performance was so memorable he is now nicknamed Bert. The other two performances that stood out to me was Jane and Michael. It’s always difficult to cast children actors and actress because of their attention span and they are easily distracted. But McLaurin Hull and Christian Harmston were excellent. They performed like any other actor and actress that’s serious about their work. I was impressed. Even though Mary
Overall, Jacque Wilkie did an amazing job acting, Don Roy King put the performance together nicely, and Sean Fanning
I began this semester with a comedic high school play production, and finished it with a comedic play presented by Theater By The Grove. Boeing Boeing served as a parallel to my initial experience with the Indiana Senior High School production of Around the World in Eight Plays. Despite the similarities between the two productions, many aspects differed including the performance level. Being this is the third play I’ve seen since attending college, I now have a wide spectrum upon which to compare each production.
Lights up to reveal PETE walking with his school group, being given a tour of the facility.
Symbols can be found everywhere we look, from the grocery store, to a company logo, or even in literature. In literature, symbols are usually reoccurring and are usually used to define something else. In Everyman, a play written to show the death of people, Everyman goes on a journey to find anyone who is willing to be his companion on his journey to death. He asks many other characters, who are symbols of his life, to come with him, but he slowly finds out that they will not go with him. In Everyman, Death is a symbol that reveals the true nature of all the other character that Everyman talks to and emphasizes the story’s theme.
Female gender roles in A Doll's House, a play by Henrik Ibsen. In this play, Ibsen makes numerous insights about the parts of society and how the female sexual orientation was dealt with at the time. From this play you can watch what Ibsen accepted about the parts of society, correspondence between guys and females, and the thought of woman's rights. In A Doll House Nora is oppressed by her spouse, Torvald, and regards her as an insignificant doll or a toy consequently the title A Doll house. This demonstrates the patriarchal society of the general public at the time that the play was written.
The University of Texas Department of Theatre and Dance’s performance of Lost Girl, follows the familiar childhood character from the story of Peter Pan, Wendy Darling. Playwright, Kimberly Belflower, presents Wendy as a lovelorn young woman trying to grow up and navigate the real world after returning from the magical world of Neverland. Belflower worked with director Cara Phipps, to perfectly illustrate Wendy’s multitude of conflicting emotions as she tries to find herself and getting over her relationship with Peter Pan in a modern day twist on the old tale. Wendy leaves Neverland after giving her kiss to Peter, with hope that he would return to her as he promised. After waiting nights on end with an open window anxiously awaiting Peter’s return, Wendy discovers that not only has he grown up, but he has also moved on to other girls and given her kiss away.
The Ohio University Theater Division’s production of In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play explored the use of vibration therapy in the early 20th century as a way to cure hysteria. The playwright Sarah Ruhl beautifully uses the intertwining lives lives of a doctor his patients and his wife to examine female sexuality, male incompetence, science, marriage, and love. Most of the plot has to do with female and male patients being treated for hysteria and what outcome the vibrator has on the lives of the characters in medical and domestic ways. This play really highlights the personal discovery of sexuality and of women beginning to achieve marital sex that isn’t only for their husband’s pleasure. This production of the vibrator play used the contrast of a parlor and a doctor’s laboratory on a rotating set to help the audience understand the constant blend of science and society in a historical setting.