Reflection About Fun Home

My favorite aspect of musical would be the lively characters, and their whimsical personalities that effectively engage the audience. Princess Winnifred’s character was especially interesting, and her personality contradicted what one would usually associate with a princess. Rather than elegant and poised, her flawed and childish personality made her seem more 3-dimensional and ultimately, brought the

What I like about this play is how the characters made the audience feel involve, especially john Barrymore. For instance , there was a time when he was talking to Andrew and he turn to the audience and blow a kiss or point at them . It made feel as if I was part of the play. Also I like how the characters took on the role. The characters truly portrayed their role.

Although there were just the slightest things that could be changed and that is that when Molly's part to sing came her voice was barely heard from the middle seats and also the half time food could have been better but aside from that it was great, amazing, astonishing, expectations met! For the first show attending this year it was great that is why I definitely recommend people should go and have an amazing time like I

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic is an autobiography written by Alison Bechdel. The graphic novel takes its readers through Alison Bechdel’s childhood using engaging diction and detailed drawings. One of the big themes of Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic is the discovery of one’s sexual orientation. Over the course of her life, Alison Bechdel eventually comes to the realization that she is a lesbian. Ultimately, Alison Bechdel uses this novel to recount her experience of events that helped to shape her personal identity, which resulted in a transformation of the way she sees herself. In the end, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic is a wonderful narrative that shows its readers the complexity of personal identity, and how things like love, the values of

Sounds like the fireworks going off in the basement helped the audience get immersed into the show. The lights were usually had the whole stage illuminated and was kind of boring, but the way that they brought the lights on when a character would flip to turn the lights would add realism to the show. Props were used throughout the show and were well placed. In fact, I saw a radio that looked exactly the one that was in the show Annie performed by the Palm Springs High School Theatre which makes sense since they both take place during the same time period. The set looked very realistic and included nothing that was created in modern times like iphones or printers. Costumes were chosen very well in my opinion with my favorites being the police ones. Also, none of the clothing looked very modern. After taking a deeper look into the things that occurred to improve the show and how the actors looked, I think that the Palm Canyon Theatre improved the show and made the audience feel more

When I say watching this play was a nostalgic experience, that was an understatement. Rewatching this play brought me back to my childhood and reminded me what good disney movies were. From music, to production, to acting, to dancing, to the set, all of it was more than pleasing. The

Fun Home is a retelling of Alison Bechdel’s life through the lens of her relationship with her father. However, because of what she considers to have been his suicide, Alison is left with an incomplete picture of who he was in life. By calling Fun Home an autobiography, Bechdel enters an autobiographical pact with the reader that ensures that what Bechdel is telling us is the truth. However, elements out of her control leave Bechdel unable to provide certain objective facts necessary to her narrative. As an attempt to remedy these absences and in turn maintain the validity of her story, Bechdel uses intertextuality to fill in the gaps of in her retelling. By overlaying masterplots of fictional narratives over her own, the reader is able to get at an understanding of the kind of person Alison’s father was. In this way Bechdel is able to reveal things about her father that she can 't prove to be true, but are reflective enough of his life to become true.

Growing up, I have been to multiple theatre productions. I have seen the musical Wicked and the Lion King on Broadway, A Christmas Carol at the Alley Theatre and several high school productions including Greese and Much Ado About Nothing. This production was much different than the ones I have been to in the past. This play was on a smaller scale and the cast was smaller. However, this production felt more intimate since the audience was physically closer to the actors.

What really kept me interested was the story line and the actors as well. It had a very interesting stories and with that actors it made it even more interesting. What stood out to me and always grabbed my attention was their expressions and passion towards their roles. The actor that stood out more to me was Divine. She really had to know how to change her expressions and acting ways throughout the play. For instance, when she seen her mother Lena her expressions had to change quickly. Also, for the school play her mood had to change as well because she was acting as a tree in her school play. The moment, that really stood out to me was when Devine was scared because Tray did not go pick her up. In my opinion, during that scene a million of flashbacks must have passed through her head when her mom left her. Also, the her facial expression really made the audience get an idea of how or what she was feeling. “That woman ain’t your mama”, is a short sentence that really stood out to me and described a big part of the play. This is due, because Lena left her daughter behind a dumpster. Which is why Devine has trusting issues and really doesn’t know who her mother actually is and that is what Lena is trying to accomplish through the play to earn the family's trust and to finally talk to her daughter Devine. Overall, in my judgment the play is just outstanding and I would highly recommend

What does it mean to be queer? The Merriam Webster Dictionary states that queer is "differing in some odd way from what is usual or normal" ("Definition of Queer"). By this definition, all humans are queer in their own way. When looking at the novel Middlesex, written by Jeffery Eugenides, and the graphic novel Fun Home, written by Alison Bechdel, queerness is seen in multiple aspects within the characters and styles of writing. Eugenides writes Middlesex through the all-knowing character of Cal, who was born and raised a female but later discovered to have both male and female genitals. During the time of puberty, her queerness becomes more present as she realizes how much she differs from her classmates. When a doctor finally tells her that her genetic makeup is male, Cal runs away to take on this new identity. Contrasting this to the graphic novel Fun Home, Bechdel writes a memoir of her life, retelling the story of her family and the revelation of her sexual identity. A strong emphasis is put on Bechdel 's father, who is found to have homosexual tendencies, and the relationship the two form through their queerness. Queerness, in the sense of non-normativity, is seen within the texts of Middlesex and Fun Home and can be compared and contrasted by the ways in which the characters identify themselves as queer, how the styles of narratives reflect queerness, and how the families of the protagonists are incidentally queer themselves.

In this performance I really enjoyed the set. It was very clear it was an old, rickety boathouse and did not need much explaining. Dariusz Korbiel did very well designing the set so you didn't have to focus much on figuring out where they were. I also really enjoyed the chemistry on stage, you could tell there was tension between the two but they also needed each other. Johnny Bobesich and Jessica Ducharme portrayed their characters very well and it seemed they

This musical was a style of presentational acting. The way the Musical of Musicals: The Musical portrayed this form was used whenever the Audience Contriage Brittany Hines asked the on floor stage seaters what plays have they attended, and also what types of musicals they have either been a part of or attended. I felt the pacing was appropriate in most cases, however in some cases I felth that a few of the main stage actors started to rush through long lines, which made it hard to understand clearly. An example was when the Haley Mizelle was singing and was on top of the box when she started singing and dancing then had to switch to talking to Garrett D. Reese she had a hard transition. All the

I think that the spotlight was too bright when Annie was singing tomorrow. I think the costumes were good and matched with their roles perfectly. I think the costumes made the actors actually feel like they were actually the people who they were acting as in the play. The orphan girls actually looked as if they belonged to a horrible orphanage because their clothes looked as if they were actually “hand me downs”. They were dirty and big. Annie’s appearance changed dramatically along with her life. The music was good and I think that the cast sung well. Although, I could not understand what they were singing sometimes. These elements helped the cast create a great play. The music helped to create a mood for every set. The costumes helped improve their characters. Overall, I think this cast did an awesome job and I think that they should do more

Including kids in the show was a great touch, It made the village look lively. Other than Belle’s home looking flimsy, The set was great, The gigantic painting of the beast made the Beast’s castle look elegant, appealing, and realistic. In the West Wing, I thought the bookcase and the magic rose made the entire play come together really well. I could tell the director put a lot of effort into the acting, and emotion that was exhorted to the crowd. The technical director’s work was very noticeable and I really enjoyed noticing It. The lighting was fantastic and you could tell there was a lot of effort and time put into It. The lighting in the “Mob Song” was really nice, with the flashing

Overall, I thought that the production was magnificent. In the opening number the Genie, despite him being the understudy, sang beautifully and set up the show very nicely. He started off with comedy right away by holding up a Golden State Warriors hat after saying “the home of the…” he then procede to put the hat back and pull out the magic lamp. I enjoyed this production because it was funny, musical, stunning, and spectacular. The storyline was very interesting. The producers did not use humans as animals in the show. They did however replace the animal characters with people characters to distinguish the play from the movie. I was seated in the balcony near stage left and could hear and see everything wonderfully. The actors were loud and the stage had very bright and colorful props, set pieces, and costumes so it as easy to see. The sets and props were very big and the actors used big gestures when using them so the audience could tell what each individual person was doing. The sets also spun to form new set pieces so the actors could change the scenes quickly. The costumes, as I said, were very bright, colorful, and sparkly so the audience could see every actor’s movements and gestures, even if they were not a main role. The