Motivation And Song Analysis

In my younger years I was highly involved in show choir and school productions. Any way I could get on stage and strut my stuff I would take it. My sixth grade year of elementary school, the year before I would make the massive leap into middle school, I decided I would perform in my final production. The play was Aladdin and I had my eye on the role for the Genie and I wanted this role so much. I practiced this role day and night from singing to dancing to even some impressions anything that would ensure my little mind that I would get the part.

At the age of eight, my mother took me on a trip to New York City. On it, I saw the Lin Manuel-Miranda show In the Heights. Unlike my eight-year-old self, my mother loved performing arts, and she occasionally played CD’s from musicals in the car, which I groaned about. Given this, it is not hard to imagine I was less excited than the average person to see a broadway show; however, when my mother mentioned, “Chad from High School Musical is in it,” I perked up. As I walked into the theatre, my attitude improved again from the astonishingly vast house, filled with endless rows of red, velvet chairs leading towards an expansive stage trimmed with gold. Nevertheless, I still did not appreciate the opportunity to witness a Tony Award-winning musical, as I would in three hours. When the lights dimmed, the whole theatre fell silent, yet still buzzed with anticipation.

In high school, I was very involved with the school’s musical theatre program. I loved to act and sing, and I was pretty good at both, but I never got a part better than being in the ensemble. This was because I was not part of the “privileged” group of students.

Currently, I listen to a lot of Electronic Dance Music (EDM) and Pop music daily. I don’t watch musicals on TV but the high school I attended puts on a musical every March and I usually attend that musical performance. My favorite song right now is “You Owe Me” by the Chainsmokers. In this essay, I will be talking

Although big-hit Broadway musicals have always been popular with the masses and generated tons of money, the changing political weather on the United States has slowly affected the population’s view of their purpose in society. Stacey Wolfe addresses the changing political climate in the musical theatre form in her article, The 2003-2004 Season and Broadway Musical Theatre as a Political Controversy, as a subtle but impactful way to convey public issues after the events on September 11th, 2001. Musicals have a reputation of being over the top and cheesy with the old classics like Oklahoma! and The Music Man. Although the old musicals address issues like marriage and telling the truth, they lack the intellectual depth of the new millennium. However, singing and dancing are still effective ways of conveying the problems to a society where interest is easily lost. Wolfe adamantly points out that producing a musical takes years of work and funding, thus affecting the response time to modern events. The musicals Avenue Q, Wicked, and Caroline, Or Change, all discussed in her article, did not make their debut until years after 9/11. Nonetheless, the lag time allows for critical adjustments and full understanding of the events to be evaluated before they premiere on the big stage. Wolfe argues that despite the slow response time, modern musicals are still an effective way to show important issues to the public and especially inspire reflective change in the target audiences of the

During my third year of the high school musical we were on our second director and last few weeks of practice. Things were unorganized and seemed hopeless. With the assistance of some upperclassmen, I helped and directed my cast mates to an easier experience.

Somewhere in that span of time, I also discovered musicals movies. I will always remember the first musical movie I have ever seen, Singin’ in the Rain. It was from there, which my journey into the world of theatre began. I started taking voice lessons and going to dance classes in high school. And the most fun of all happened when I started doing shows, like musicals, dance concerts, and vocal concerts. Whenever I am on stage, I just have the time of my life in whatever manner I can be. Back then it was something I just enjoyed, but there was a moment in which the thought of doing this as a career hit me. On the closing night of a production of Urinetown at my high school, I returned to my dressing room and just burst into tears from the amount of happiness I felt from just being able to do what I love. To play pretend on stage, while singing and dancing. What more could a person ask for? So I more intensively started training, and applied to colleges. I graduated high school and attended Florida School of the Arts for two years and got some amazing training there. For a two year program, I received some of the best training and individual attention that I could

I was reluctant in joining the Academy because I was nervous that I wouldn’t get in. But precisely the period before my scheduled audition a ‘frienemy’ encouraged me to try out. I built the courage to walk through the audition doors and left being placed in the intermediate level; which was quite an accomplishment. Since then I have now achieved in reaching the Advance Level of the academy! My favorite memory in the academy is when my second and third period took our first trip to the Manhattan Theater Club in New York City. This trip aided tremendously in team-building and my skills of theater analysis. I am so grateful that I took the plunge and faced my fears because the Performing Arts Academy and Mrs. Baur have made me realize that my true dreams are to become an actor. The Performing Arts floor is a safe haven for many including myself, the people can drive you crazy but that's exactly what families do.

My freshman year of high school I joined the tech crew. At the time, I didn’t know exactly what it was but I knew that I was interested in the technical aspect of things. When I found out that it was a direct involvement with theater I was kind of disappointed but I stuck with it. I wasn’t expecting anything to come from out. I started out as a carpenter building the set and worked backstage during the performance. I can’t even describe the way I felt after the show that I worked on was a success. After that moment, my life was changed for the

I was a Playing for Others teen from 2012-2014. I served on the Concert Committee in my first year and on the Teen Executive Committee in my second year. I was in Dance Experience both years and received a chance to play a role of being a part of the “cool kid crew” in the Musical Theatre show “13!” As a PFO teen, I learned how to make a significant difference in my life, how to accept myself for who I am, and discovered my passion for Dance.

Since tenth grade, I had always been an active member of Lights and Sound Club, a school club that worked behind-the-scene for every school performance. I mainly participated in school plays, dance shows, and some talent shows, designing lights and operating a light board, operating a sound board, and moving props backstage. I also entered the leadership council of the club in my senior year; and in that same year, I worked as a stage manager in Hairspray the musical, one of the biggest events I had ever been a part of.

Being an intense supporter of the arts has certainly piqued my interest in this program. Throughout my life, an intense passion for the performing arts has coursed through my veins. I have always had a deep desire to be on a stage ever since I had seen my first Broadway musical. I had auditioned for my first show at age seven, and by then I was positive I wanted to continue this hobby for a long while. Eventually thinking of performing as a hobby transmogrified into considering it as an occupation. Although I have done a total of twelve musicals and several performances presently, every time I perform in a show, I feel the same rush of adrenaline I have experienced since the first rehearsal. In addition, I know several students that are members

I loved it! So much so, I auditioned for the spring musical, but I did not receive a part. Notwithstanding my disappointment in not being cast, I committed to remaining involved, wiped the tears off my face, and became part of the stage crew. The crew experience was an interesting and beneficial one—I improved my visual arts and crafts skills, such as making posters and painting. The bonus? Being able to utilize these skills in my future work with educating

In middle school I volunteered to help out backstage for the play that was being performed in the fall. I had no idea at the time how much I would love the knowledge and skill set that came with the world of technical theater. It didn’t all happen at once, because the theater program at The Fessenden School wasn’t the greatest, but it was enough for me to know how much I enjoyed it. The step by step of each sequential scene was crystal clear to me. The following year, I was promoted to the role of stage manager to replace the student who had previously held the role. I stepped up and got to work. At the end of that year, the head of the theater department told me that he thought I was much better than the previous stage manager due to my constant check-ins about scene changes and prop locations when I asked about how well I did in comparison. "As well? No, much better in fact!" I have never forgotten his

Depressed They try to help me, but they haven’t found the key that goes past my heart and into me. “Keep trying,” he said, “You’ll get it”; but that’s the thing, I never do get it; I always lose, I never win. You’ll never find that key that goes in me.