This bus stop isn’t no boring bus stop in this play. For this review Ill be assessing the play “Bus Stop” and what I overall think about it. Play provides a comedic standpoint in which it aims to please the audience. The setting provides a 50’s theme bus stop with a diner. It also provides an idea of how a winter storm brought a bunch people together and how they associated with each other The play definitely had its strengths and weakness which mostly do all things. For this play I focused on how acting, the set, and script itself made this a well play.
The acting was over the top then expected. The actors fitted well with their roles to make a strong play. From earlier in the beginning of the play, one of the waitresses hesitated one of her lines but managed to continue on as cleanly as she could to make as less unnoticeable. Lot of actors provided a lot of character to the roles. For the rich drunken man, he provides a well attachment in his role. For how he used loudness and humorous lines to bring sense of favoritism to his role in the play. The sheriff did well to look and act the part of a small town sheriff. Definitely provided a sense of authority especially when the rancher who trying to force fiancée to force he with him and how the sheriff is intervening to
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You can see the work put into it to provide a convincing 50’s theme diner/bus stop. The details it provided help helped the actor better fit in their roles. The diner tables and diner counter provided place to sit and discuss conflicts such as a runaway fiancée and also always occurring jokes. Although more could be done to make it even more convincing, such as a complete wall around set or fake snow fall in the distance. It still was a satisfying set and parts of it such as the fireplace to provide the environment of the set as a very cold time makes it well done and helps the audience a sense of what it felt like in the the
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The technical aspects of the production such as scenery, properties and costumes also played a keynote in the productions success. The scenery was fabulous it truly made the play. It was very realistic and extremely vibrant. Almost the entire play was performed in one setting, except for the railcar and dance scenes. The house, the main setting, was magnificent with painstakingly placed detail in every corner. All elements in the house matched wonderfully, for example the furniture, the photos on the wall, the telephone and even the trash can. Little bits of detail were everywhere adding to the beautification of the set, for example the lace decorations on the chairs, the etched glass above the front door and even the Christmas tree.
I was particularly struck by the acting of Gracie Sartin. Her fearless approach to so many elements of the play – whether it was being hit on the head with an ironing board, hitting another costar with the ironing board, or giving one of her characters (Villian) an accent - was incredibly interesting to watch. Despite the fact that she portrayed six different people, she embodied them so well that I did not see Gracie in them. I saw only the characters she was portraying. The other actors were also successful in that ability. I think that achievement, combined with the success of the way the time constraints were embraced, added greatly to the success of the play.
The setting and lighting was appropriate for the situation, the set and lighting designer adequately presented the scene and made the audience feels as if it was actually night time. The costumes for the play were similar to the ones in the movie, and from the time period 1930’s when the great depression was taking place. The costumes provided an interesting perspective and caught the watchers eye. I didn’t notice the hair and makeup aspects of the play other than Dill Harris’ and Scouts. The overall sound component was consistent, I think that it was easy to hear at all times: However, the sound effects could have been better, they sounded very unrealistic. The fight choreography could’ve used a little improvement, but it didn’t draw away from the play as a whole.
The play was well interpreted by all whom were involved. Steven Wrentmore, the Director, kept the 1920’s feel by dressing in all 1920’s costumes and everyone spoke as if they were living at the
As the curtain raised and the performance began a minimalist set was revealed; stool, chair, basket and a coat-rack. Initially, the minimalist set predicted that the play would be slow-moving, however the lack stage furniture actually focused the audience even more on the storyline, as there were few distractions. This also allowed the actors to effectively include Drama Mediums such as multiple prop. The actors
He really made the audience believe that he was truly in love with Evalina through his expressions and the way he acted around her. I could see in the way he looked at the actress who played Evalina that he admired her and her presence. The actor who played Spunk had a very good singing voice and guitar skills. I really enjoyed watching him act as he was using his real life talents throughout the play. I did believe the characters to an extent. The dialogue was very realistic, but the way some characters delivered their lines was not adequate. On a scale of one to ten, the rating I would give the cast is an 8. The voices and overall acting was a lot better than I expected coming into the play. I cared a lot about what happened to the characters. When Spunk was fighting against Jim Bishop I did not want him to get hurt. When he came out with a wound I felt bad for him. I could also see the fear in Evalina’s eyes when she saw Spunk. The ending made me happy because I wanted Spunk and Evalina to be together and really cared for them. The choreography was blocked very well. The dances were very in sync and the positioning of the actors was successful. There was a lot of time in between scene changes and the directing did a good job of filling this time gap. When the narrator, Zora, came on stage, the actors were good at freezing in place while she spoke. I could tell that several hours and
Seeing the performance live was great. There were many different aspects that would not have been seen if the play was read. Something unique about the performance was the stage directions and Acts/scenes being set up by the characters. Also, the characters were introduced by other characters. This aspect was a great addition to the performance, the audience was introduced to what was going on rather than jumping into the performance. The Diner was spectacular and very detailed, it brought to life the set. The cast only consisted of one woman, similar to August Wilson play Fences. This is interesting because there are many different perspectives of African American men, but only one perspective of the African American woman. This can hinder
I knew the actors could show their sense of comedy and wit from the first play and I was eager to see how they would carry out the dismal aspects this show. This production was a drastic change in the cast’s acting abilities, but they presented the production extraordinarily well. This was the first live production of the written story I have seen and I have faith that they did a superb job at depicting the insanity that Robert Louis
Old folks used to say everything will happen thrice for a person. Twice Blanche escaped from dangerous situations, and the final one is about escaping from Palmer her rapist. African American people believe that Ancestors will send people in someone’s life for a purpose to understand or to enjoy their life. Blanche believes that her Ancestors had given Thelvin as a reward or consolation prize for going backs to her homeland. “That night, for the first time in a long time, she dreamed of having been raped” (165) thus Ancestors shown her sign of forthcoming happenings.
This was the first play or theatre performance that I have attended. I was unsure of what to expect, but I heard great things about this play. Furthermore, the first aspect of this production that caught my attention was the design of the set. The design gave the feeling of a run down urban neighborhood by making the outer parts of the stage look like an old brick building. The building looked like one you would find in a low-income area or projects. The scenery of the play set the stage for what type of production this would be. I especially liked the way they carefully chose not to place just any kind of props on the stage. The dusty
The first difference I noticed after watching two scenes was the involvement of audience. “Broadway Play” is a recorded film of a live play in which audiences and actors both exist—actors must not only speak their lines to portray and reveal their emotions, but must also speak their lines in a way the audience can understand it. “Baz Luhrman,” on the other hand, is a film with a purpose to emphasize the theme of Romeo and Juliet with its viewers. There are no restrictions in which actors speak their lines, as long as the main message can be understood by the viewers.
I will be honest with you I had a lot of trouble enjoying the play, like I said the dialect gave me trouble, plus my seats were not that great. I did however like the movie quite a bit, but I realize I am a product of a different generation as well. I have been brought up around TV and movies rather than plays
As I have seen some performances prior to this one, my expectations are kind of not that high. As the play was prepared and performed by a team of theater students, I just expected there will be basic elements a play should have. I also did expect some extraordinary performances from the main actors because I got that every time I attended the plays on campus. LMU actors and actresses / theater-majors tended to surprise me every single time I attended their plays. I know they will eventually act for a living but the fact that they could memorize pages of script, successfully get into character and act all at the same time still baffled me very much.
There were a lot of great acting moments during this production I enjoyed. I loved Detective Sergeant Trotter performance the most. He brought the most passion to his character throughout the whole entire of play. Even though when we thought he was the most innocent person during the play. Another character I liked was Mollie Ralston because her role was questionable at times. Sometimes you wonder if she was innocent, guilty, or should be the next victim to die. The funniest actor was Christopher Wren because of his hilarious moments. People in the audience would laugh with he had a goofy line to say. The things I couldn't enjoy is a couple of actors who weren't understandable. These characters were Giles Ralston and Mr. Paravicini because of their accents they had to betray. If they could of spoke louder, the performances would of been better. One thing the actors should of not done was turn their backs to audience. We couldn't see there face half of the