The Piano Play Analysis

The play that was chosen to be adapted to film was, “Gloria.” “Gloria”, is written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. The play was first performed in the theater on May 28, 2015 and has only remained on the stage.

The Setting of “Sure Thing” by David Ivis is important in terms of setting the mood as well as the context for the play’s main conflict. “Sure Thing” is set in a café where the the two main characters, Bill and Betty, awkwardly encounter one another. During their encounter, a ring of a bell continues to disrupt their connection. Despite the ringing bell, or because of the ringing bell, the two characters are able to establish a connection. The fact that they are ultimately able to establish a connection suggests many thing about relationships, such as that timing can play a major role in either beginning or not beginning a relationship. For instance, the bell (and the bell’s timing) suggests that

The muddled and messy sounds from the violinist escalated to a strong and beautiful melody, in sync with the tension built in the story. The effect of sound and tune on character emotion within the film complimented the drastic advance of excitement and tension throughout the dance from Harrison and his partner on stage. Not only was it the sound of the radio handicaps that affected the build of tension, but it was also a compilation of background noises which influenced the direction of the reader's attention at key moments throughout the film. During the brief cuts to Hazel Bergeron washing the dishes the sound created by the running water drowned out the news reporter and the entire clip of Harrison's display on stage. Hazel was oblivious to the situation presented, thus demonstrating her lack of awareness throughout the entire film.

August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, tells a story of a family haunted by the pain of their past and their struggle to find peace to move forward. The story begins with character Boy Willie coming up from the south visiting his sister Bernice. Boy Willie introduces the idea of selling the family’s heirloom, a piano, to raise enough money to buy the land on which his ancestors were enslaved. However, both Boy Willie and his sister Berniece own half a half of the piano and she refuses to let Boy Willie sell it. Through the use of symbolism, Wilson uses his characters, the piano and the family’s situation to provide his intended audience with the lesson of exorcising our past in order to move forward in our lives. Our past will always be a

The play Wicked, written by American lyricist Stephen Schwartz, was a play that demonstrated several conflicts that a person went through during their lifetime. Elphaba, the protagonist, was born with green skin because of a choice that her mother made. She had to deal with the fear and the looks that people gave her because of her appearance. Elphaba dealt with the mockery of others during her years in school. When reading the play, one could compare Elphaba’s circumstances to discrimination or racism towards African Americans in the nineteen sixties. In college, she discovered that she had magical powers that she could use for good. The people in the town of Oz stereotyped her and assumed she was a witch who wanted to harm everyone because of her

This news comes from her husband 's friend, who says that Brently Mallard has died in a railroad accident. Mrs. Mallard 's sister, Josephine, mindful of Mrs. Mallard 's heart condition, breaks the news to her "in broken sentences" and "veiled hints" (193). But when Mrs. Mallard hears the shocking news, she undergoes a profound transformation that empowers her with a "clear and exalted perception" (194). As Chopin demonstrates, this heightened consciousness comes to the protagonist because of her awakened emotions. Revealing her own dynamic and avant-garde understanding, Chopin rejects the tradition of attributing supremacy to the faculty of reason in the act of perception, and she attributes it instead to the faculty of emotions.

He is unable to play because he will give himself away so we instead watch his fingers move across the air above the piano’s keys as whilst the sound plays in his head and too the viewer. Throughout the film we also see Szpilman pretending to play the piano as he taps his finger across his legs. It is moments such as these that help to maintain Szpilman’s willingness to survive by keeping silent, but also how piano gives fills him with the hope that is instrumental in his survival. In other scenes such as when a German officer asks Szpilman to play piano for him, and allows him to live because of his immense talent we begin to realise that Szpilman’s hope – music, does not only help him to survive mentally, but also physically as he can share the gift that he has to others. It is also important to note that Polanski only music by the Polish composer, Chopin is used throughout ‘The Pianist’. His sad and evocative music brings upon a sad mood, yet one with a hint of hope and with this, the director can more vividly express his ideas a way that dialogue or action cannot.

The alluring pieces in which my ears have perceived greatly have enthralled my heart leaving me awed. The Piano Night on September 29, 2016 at A.Y. Jackson had pianists performing marvelous variety of pieces. The performance has captivated my soul and allowed me to be engulfed in the beautiful music played by the many talented pianists.

After watching the play “The Wit,” I was filled with mixed emotions. When I first encountered wit, as a freshman, I didn't realize how poorly the doctors were treating Vivian Bearing; I just thought they were just doing they're job. Not having the same mindset as I did back when I was a freshman, I could now see the numerous amounts of professional mistakes made by staff who came across Doctor Bearing while she was at the hospital. Its truly unfortunate when the people who must take care of you when you're at your weakest don't even see you as a person. When one of the doctors called Vivian “research,” it caught me by surprise and made me so angry because she wasn't a lab rat, she was a person who was suffering greatly. In addition to that

In my opinion it was very interesting how it was so easy to change the musical terms into a football commentary, because usually when you learn music notes and what comes with a concert it’s very serious. For example, they used the word “motif” which is “a short succession of notes producing a single impression” and “cadenza” which is a “solo inserted into a concerto” and they used these words in such a nonchalant way which to me made it more unusual and amusing.

I attended Company at the Louis Armstrong theatre on Grand Valley State University’s Campus on Saturday, February 7th, 2015.

Szpilman began his study of the piano at the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, Poland in his early age with pupils of Franz Liszt, who was a famous Hungarian composer and pianist during the 19 century.

The Piano Lesson opens with a man, Boy Willie, knocking on the door of Doaker and his niece, Berniece, home at 5 a.m. He brings his friend Lymon and they drove up north by Lymon’s truck that was filled with a lot of watermelons. Berniece is Boy Willie’s brother and he has not been back in a while. He then starts to say that the sheriff is following him but they did not do anything. They are trying to sell the watermelons to get money. He got the watermelons for free so he will make a good profit. Berniece is trying to figure out how long the boys will be staying. Boy Willie says he is going to head back down south when they sell the watermelons but Lymon is staying up north.

The play Love Untitled was about two people who want to ask the same girl out but in the end the one who gets the girl is the least expected. This love triangle consists of Jordan, Jamie, and Ski but it’s not as typical as though out to be because the plot twist is that Jordan and Jamie both like Ski. In the beginning, Ski and Jamie weren't official but were spot holding hands by Jordan but since Ski was afraid of the rejection and backlash they never were official. Afterword Ski dated Jordan for two days but then broke up with him and went back with Jamie, but due to his jealousy threatened to expose them during prom. But to Jamie and Ski’s surprise there's a lot of support when their relationship was unraveled to the whole school during prom.

On October 19th, 2017, I had the honor to attend the Indiana State University production of A Piece of My Heart. This play could be considered a historical documentary and was full of drama, thrill, and action. A Piece of My Heart was originally written by Shirley Lauro, a very popular play writer with many other well-known plays. The play was based around 6 extremely strong and opinionated women who were sent to the Vietnam War to either help or entertain the American Men. Consisting of 5 army nurses, one country singer, and multiple different army men the production was able to provide a full understanding of how life was in Vietnam during the war. This play was performed by Indiana State University students.