Phantom Of The Opera Research Paper

In 1984 Andrew Lloyd Webber, transformed the original The Phantom of the Opera novel (written in 1911 by Gaston Leroux) into a dialogic, emotional masterpiece. The prologue starts at the end of the story, in an auction in the Paris Opera House, in 1905. Raoul, the Vicomte de Chagny is buying a papier-mâché music box,

The dramatic arts have had great influence on my life and on my perspective of the world. Through this artistic expression, I can take on any persona, freeing both my mind and my heart. The understanding of people’s actions and emotions has shaped me into the young woman I am. Performance and the study of performing, I find, are enlightening, priceless, and eternal. So long as life persists, the timeless themes found in plays and works will persist.

The 2004 version of the Phantom of the Opera is actually in my top 5 favorite movies. I actually grew up watching it with my grandfather because he loved how beautiful the music was. It is filled with great mystery and concentrated scenes that I grew to love every time I watch. Although some people may say that the 1924 and 2004 versions of the Phantom of the Opera are the same I disagree because, one is an actual musical, the other lacks great detail, and the characters are portrayed differently.

To start off, The Phantom of the Opera, musically composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, arrived in Broadway in 1988 and preformed on the stage of the Majestic Theatre. The Phantom of the Opera tells a the story of young Christine Daae who takes center stage as leading soprano. The opera's supposed phantom cuts the rope, which connects the stage lights, causing the old lead singer to quit after nearly being killed by falling lights. Christine claims to have had lessons from an angle of music that her late father had promised. Unknown, the angle is the supposed phantom. The phantom is just a man named Erik who

Wicked The Musical was composed by Stephen Schwarts. Schwarts has written many hit musicals such as Godspell, Pippin, and Wicked. From the musical Wicked only, schwarts has won the Grammy award for best musical theatre album, Drama desk award for outstanding musical and lyrics, and Outer critics circle award for outstanding Broadway musical. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and Broadway Hall of Fame in 2009. Schwarts has also won numerous lifetime achievement awards. The show Wicked opened in 2003 and as of 2013 is the 12th longest running show in Broadway history. Wicked was immediately a sensation among the people, but the critics did not feel the same. Luckily, there was enough street buzz about the show to keep the showing alive.

The Phantom of the Opera started out as a book written by Gaston Leroux, published January 8th in 1910 (Haining, 1). There have been several adaptations since then, including Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical. The other adaptations were Das Phantom der Opera, which is also known as Das Gespent im Opernhaus produced during 1916 in Germany as a silent drama film, this is known as a lost film due to no known copies existing at this time. A silent drama horror was produced on November 15th, 1925, a drama thriller was produced during August 27th in 1943, a horror film was produced June 25th during 1962, and an indie thriller, called Phantom of the Paradise was adapted from Phantom of the Opera and then produced in October 31st of 1974.

Phantom of the Opera broke Cats’ record of 18 year Broadway run. It is considered to be one of his most accomplished musicals. He wrote the play based on an old French novel, Le Fantome de l’Opera, by Gaston Leroux about a beautiful soprano and her relationship to the Phantom, a disfigured musical genius. The shows opening was the highest grossing entertainment event of all time making 3.3 billion and with 80 million in attendance. Lloyd Webber was so nervous that he didn’t attend the opening show.

High School Musical is a television drama/musical that was released in 2006, was directed by Kenny Ortega and stars Zac Efron as Troy Bolton and Vanessa Hudgens as Gabriella Montez. They meet at a holiday party where they end up singing karaoke together even though neither of them sing. They have so much fun together that once school starts back up they decide to try out for the school musical together. This causes drama for Gabriella because she is the new girl so a lot of people don't think she deserves it and try to cause trouble for her. This causes drama for Troy because he is the star of the school's basketball team and he is scared his team will make fun of him and not think he is faithful to the team by trying to do both. They sneak

Midsummer Night’s Dream essay In stories there is always conflict and there are always causes of these conflicts. Some causes are more direct, some are more subtle. Some stories are easier to tell than others. In the story Midsummer night’s dream by William Shakespeare, has many conflicts with the characters.

Seventeen years old: the faded 8x8 green board sits in its usual place, with Mom as my rival. We engage in our millionth game of Othello. A high school senior still playing board games with her mom; everyone has a guilty pleasure, right? Each with thirty-two double-sided disks, I’m always black and she’s always white, indicating that I go first.

Dance is a universal language, there are no words being said but you can still feel something very powerful. Dance has been around for centuries, some of the earliest known records are paintings from nine thousand years ago in India. There are also some dancing figures from an Egyptian tomb that were found which were dated back to three thousand, three hundred BC. It is said that before the invention of written language, dance was the most powerful method to tell stories throughout generations. Is this why dance is still around after so many years, because it can portray amazing stories with no words? Today, we are going to explore the many reasons why dance, in the use of musical theatre, can make the difference between an amateur show and a Broadway show.

Dante Fragapane Mrs. Stegmeier English 2 9-10* 18 September 2014 Phantom Censorship The movie The Phantom of the Opera is an adaption of the novel, The Phantom of the Opera, written by Gaston Leroux in 1909. It is about an opera house in France, back in 1870, that a man, nicknamed The Phantom, resides in. There is a woman named Christine, whom is an opera singer.

Phantom later opened on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre on January 26, 1988, where it still resides today, making Phantom the longest running Broadway musical ever, beating out the previous record held by Cats. Phantom grosses over 35.5 million dollars each year, with over 550,000 people in attendance. Webber received the 1988 Tony award for best musical for his work on The Phantom of the Opera (New York Times).

Adapting a written play into a live action film necessarily requires an interpretation of the original work to determine how it should be portrayed in the new medium. While there are no “wrong” interpretations, some take greater creative license where others more closely convey the original. Numerous factors affect this authenticity, but three of the most crucial are plot, characters, and overall spectacle. Evaluating these elements in Orson Welles’ 1952 and Janet Suzman’s 1988 adaptations of William Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello provides an analysis of the extent to which these two films resemble the original.

Far more advanced for his time period, Shakespeare’s talent went unrecognized in the category of not just literature, but psychology as well. During the Elizabethan time period, it was unaware that a human could have psychological defects, let alone have characters who express these faults in a play. Shakespeare’s Othello was produced with two of the main characters having significant behavioral disorders. With a changing motive, the antagonist Iago expresses the symptoms of a narcissist and a sociopath by manipulating the protagonist Othello with lies about his wife. The infected Othello becomes caught up in Iago’s deception which causes him to show the traits of having low serotonin levels and appears to be going