Julian Brown
Intro to theatre
Professor Bishop
30 September 2015
Tyler Perry For decades people found theatre one of the most enjoyable form of entertainment all across the world. With every play comes a cost. A value which somebody's story is told. Obviously it can be comic drama or despairing,. Each second of these plays are genuinely delightful and exceptional. Where the performing artists show a totally distinctive side of characters to the group of onlookers where they demonstrate to them something new and pleasurable. And behind the theatre and its plays is one person who keeps it all in check and that is the director. The director is like the heart of a person. You don’t see the heart but you know if it’s doing its job correctly
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He was inspired by Oprah Winfrey. When he was watching a episode of Oprah Winfrey's television show, he was motivated by a statement on the show about how looking back on difficult situations could help individual leaps forward in life. He started writing a bunch of letters to himself, which turned into the foundation for the musical “I Know I've Been Changed”. That particular episode was about the problems of child abuse which Tyler Perry felt he had a connection with. But the morale of the episode was to forgive people and that is where Tyler Perry got his ideas of forgiving people from. According to biography.com “After saving up $12,000, Perry debuted the show—which he directed, produced, and starred in—at an Atlanta theater in 1992. The musical's run lasted only one weekend and drew a measly 30 people to see the show.” With that being said that goes to show that he came from nothing. His first production was a complete flop and made him no money at all. That is a prime example of the cliché “never give up” because later on he became successful from this show. He kept pushing for this show in other cities and at first wasn’t getting any love from any of his audiences. On his final attempt to produce the show he bought out House of Blues in Atlanta which was supposedly going to be his last performance of that production but on his last try he caught the right audience and his play took off in the right direction. Soon
Tyler Perry was defiantly not born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Every type of credit or praise he receives for his works it was earned. Tyler Perry was a homeless person on the streets of New Orleans not knowing where his next meal would come
Tyler Perry was troubled as a teenager and didn’t start his journey to becoming an entertainer until he was 18 years old, when he was inspired by Oprah to write down his bad experiences as therapy
I’ve adored theatre for as long as I can remember. From writing plays throughout elementary school, to being involved in Drama Club in middle school, to performing in community theatre in high school, and to visiting the theatre as often as I could from the very beginning, theatre has always been a part of my life. Every aspect of it engages me: the directors working to bring their vision of the show’s scenes, choreography, or music to life, the actors transforming into different characters through their expression of dialogue, song, or dance, the costumers and set-builders transporting the audience into the setting and time period with their artistry, the backstage tech and crew working quickly and precisely to keep the show flowing to curtain call, and the orchestra bringing the show to life through music. There is nothing like the experience of live theatre, both as a member of the audience and as a member of the cast and crew.
Above all, I wouldn’t be where I am today without theatre. Without the chance to perform throughout my life, I would be disconnected from the wide array of communities and histories that’s been imbedded in my daily routine. Unfortunately, it’s speculated that the theatre is a dying art form, because of the expanding popularities of movies (“Is”), but I think that it’ll remain a well renowned part of expressing imagination and interpreting history as years pass; it only takes cooperation with school faculty and young students that go above and beyond to change their
His Full name is Emmitt Perry Jr., and he was born on September 13, 1969 and is still living. He changed his name to Tyler when he was sixteen to detach himself from his abusive father. His parents are Willie Maxine and Emmitt Perry Sr., he also has three other siblings. When growing up, his mother was a religious woman and would take him along with her to church once a week. His father, who was a carpenter, was a very angry, mean guy; Tyler was once quoted saying that “his father’s answer to everything was to beat it out of you”. He did the extreme with attempting suicide in determination to get away from his father’s beatings, so Perry had what we would call a “bad” childhood. He was molested and beaten by people that were close to him. Perry did not graduate from high school but has his GED. And lastly, he just recently found out that his father, Emmitt Sr., is not his biological father. His ethnicity is African American and he has a partner, Gelila Bekele, and one son, Aman Tyler Perry. He has been writing plays for about sixteen years now and is still active. His net worth is about 400 million dollars and he is considered one of the highest paid playwrights today. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia in the neighborhood of the Buckhead
“…Then you realise that theatre is a more personal experience.” (Stephen Atkins, Dante’s Inferno Director) After viewing Zen Zen Zo’s physical theatre reincarnation of the
Ever since I can remember I have loved theatre. It’s been a constant presence, and an important touchstone, in my life. However, for as long as I’ve loved theatre, I have also been ridiculed for my enjoyment of it. As a child, my interest was tolerated as something precious, something I was bound to grow out of. My parents and teachers would sit in the audience, clapping and cheering me on, all the while thinking to themselves “I bet she’ll make a great lawyer one day.” They thought, like most of society, theatre was an unnecessary luxury; a pastime for the rich and powerful, for those who didn’t have to worry about putting food on the table, or clothes on their children’s backs. Certainly not
What musical theatre does best is to be abstract, not literal reality. Julie Taymor director
Theatre has been a prevalent form of entertainment for centuries. As time has progressed, the meaning behind theater has shifted to adapt with society appropriately. Different genres of theater have been emerging all throughout history and continue to emerge even today. There are so many different genres of theatre that any individual can relate to it. One can easily recall the major genres of theatre: drama, comedy, musicals. However, it is the sub-divisions within these major genres that evoke unique performances and experiences.
“Theatre makes us think about power and the way our society works and it does this with a clear purpose, to make a change.”
Our choice to tell stories should exist in the same moment that we identify an audience who needs to hear that story – now, in this context, in this time, and in this medium. The best relationship with an audience begins dramaturgically, at the beginning of a rehearsal process. We must ask: How can we keep our minds open to the audience we have and also to the audience we want and the audience with whom we hope to collaborate? How do we enter a community and work with new people, learn from them and hope they learn from us? Partner with our similar goals and share resources. Work with them and never for them. Theatre isn’t a service—it’s a
In the words of Gay McAuley, “for an activity to be regarded as a performance, it must involve the live presence of the performers and those witnessing it…” (McAuley, 2009, cited in Schechner, 2013, pp.38). This statement recognises the importance of both the actor and the audience for something to truly function as a performance. In addition, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones highlights the significance of the theatrical space and how it can influence an audience stating that “on entering a theatre of any kind, a spectator walks into a specific space, one that is designed to produce a certain reaction or series of responses” (Llewellyn-Jones, 2002, pp.3). The relationship between actor, audience and theatrical space is no less important today than it was at the time of theatre during the Spanish Golden Age and the creation of Commedia dell’arte in Italy. Despite being very close geographically with theatre thriving for both in the same era, sources that explore the social, cultural and historical context of these countries and the theatre styles will bring to light the similarities and differences. This essay will analyse the staging, the behaviour of the audience as well as the challenges the actors faced, and how this directly influenced the relationship between actor, audience and theatrical space.
The above example illustrates not only how the theatrical performance affects the audience, but also how the audience influences its dynamics, development and the characters within it. The actors feel a certain level of acceptance from the viewer, who demands a certain way of depicting the character. Theatre is not just entertainment, itís something much more than that ñ itís education. Theatre should always represent things, rather than
The history of theatre in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries is one of the increasing commercialization of the art, accompanied by technological innovations, the introduction of serious critical review, expansion of the subject matters portrayed to include ordinary people, and an emphasis on more natural forms of acting. Theatre, which had been dominated by the church for centuries, and then by the tastes of monarchs for more than 200 years, became accessible to merchants, industrialists, and the less privileged and then the masses.
In today's busy world, people usually struggle to find time for fun and a way of relaxation but when it happens, they often spend it on entertainment. One of those forms of entertainment is watching stage or film productions. Theatre and film have lots of aspects in common and depend on each other, however, they involve differences. People choose between theater and film based on factors and their own preferences. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast between those two forms of art.