The Musical Of Musical Theater

Scotia Corley 6/17/16 Here is the history behind musical theater. The art of telling stories either through or with songs and music dates back far in time. We know that ancient Greeks included music and dance in their stages of comedy and tragedies as early as the 5th century B.C. We know that Aeschylus and Sophocles composed their own music during that time while Athenian playwrights may have interpolated existing songs. Roman actors attached metal chips called "sabilla" to their stage footwear;

Musical Theater Musical theater has always been something I looked at in a positive light because it was somewhere I could be who I wanted to be, and I could play different people. There are many reasons as to why I have chosen to go into theater as a career and they include the freedom to create characters, the chance to meet new and exciting people, and the opportunity to get up on stage every night and give a performance. The possibilities are endless as to what can happen in theater, and sometimes

own college. The auditorium was huge and the stage was bright of lights. At first it was cold and quiet but soon as the show began. The room was lighted up with music and not only the actors dancing but the audience as well. It was like a movie theater but bigger. The audience was live as well. It was not as dull as I expected. I felt like I was at a concert, but I was being entertained even more. Being able to see the actors’ natural reaction and hearing their voices while I watch them sing and

Theater is something that I never thought I will ever enjoy. When I thought of theater, I pictured people performing old plays with old English that I can’t understand. In high school, I read plays like Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet that gave me a prospective of what theater is like. However, this semester has change my prospective of how I view theatrical performances. I learned that there is more to theater that actors and scripts. I have watched four different types of theater and now I know what

Richard Kihm 10/16/17 MUTH 130 Professor Kolb What is Musical Theater? It is not Shakespeare, nor is it Opera. It has been called Minstrel Show, Burlesque, Vaudeville, Extravaganza, Operetta, Musical Comedy, Musical Revue, Musical Theatre and it has been described in a variety of terms including “Low Brow” and “Middle Brow” but never “High Brow.” It had also been praised and condemned for its broad cultural connections and appeal. Although Musical Theatre is not a Shakespearean or Operatic subcategory

together. Last week, I went to The Children’s Musical Theater San Jose and was pleasantly surprised at how amazing Once on This Island was. My class attended the show on Friday, May 12 at around noon. The musical was published in1990, and was inspired by the book The Peasant girl. Playwright Horizons did a amazing job at creating a beautiful musical. The production company, Children’s Musical Theater, did an astounding job on Once on This Island, the musical was too good for words. Director Ian Leonard

Courtney Cox 5-4-10 THEA 1334 Final Paper Costume Design THE ROLE OF COSTUME DESIGN IN MUSICAL THEATER Imagine a classic Shakespearian play or Italian opera performed in hip-hugging jeans or baggy t-shirts; or imagine the period musical 1776, produced by the wonderful Stuart Ostrow, performed in the groovy attire of the 1970s. These performances would seem completely out of place and confusing. One would not be able to grasp the completeness of the story or have any understanding of the time

Music, Artists like, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Brittney Spears, Mariah Carey and the Back Street Boys were all hugely successful. The decade witnessed a number of musicals that were popular with theater audiences and also signaled a shift in the direction of the American Musical Theater. The American Musical Theater has the reputation of being

Gerald Mast, “Before the Ball: American Musical Theater Before American Musicals,” Can’t Help Singin’: The American Musical on Stage and Screen, 7-24 This dense excerpt provides the reader with a rapid overview of American Musical Theater Before American Musicals. The reading explains the reasons why multiple shows and musicals failed and how their plot and lyrics were preserved in writing. It recounts how the shows embraced the new technologies to provide more powerful shows. One of the multiple

In Southeastern Promotions, Ltd. V. Conrad it was argued that Southeastern Promotions was stripped of their freedom of speech because they were denied the use of the Tivoli Theater in Chattanooga, Tennessee to put on the rock musical Hair. The Supreme Court had to uphold the First Amendment while still allowing the theater to keep their reputation of being a family establishment. Southeastern Promotions wanted to put on the