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Myra only comes out at night she has strange skin problems if the sun gets on Myras skin she breaks out in sores that hurt badly Myra works the graveyard shift at a mall where she is a cleaner the job isnt too bad because she doesnt have to talk to people and doesnt have to go out into the sun the job also gives her money for her food and her medical bills which are very large because of her skin problem Myra likes to listen to loud music while she cleans because it keeps her awake although shes

opinion, the most powerful song in the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen is “Waving Through a Window”. The message and representation this song communicates is so important, and gives an insight into a lesser-understood illness and how mental health conditions affect people. This is very important to me and knowledge of these conditions should be a higher priority in society, as well as teaching as much as we can about them and how to cure/cope with them. The Broadway musical itself is centered around

From my reading of both the ‘Grasmere Journals’ written by Dorothy Wordsworth and also the poem ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’ written by William Wordsworth, I believe that there is a strong relationship between the two. I think that both William and his sister Dorothy experienced the same relationship with the Daffodil’s they saw. The only difference is that William expressed his experience through poetry while Dorothy expressed hers through diary entries. From the evidence we have with the dates

Eliza Wright and Morgana Yellen Prof. Salois #BroadwaySoDiverse 14 November 2017 Hairspray: Racial Representation in Production and Contemporary Contexts Abstract: This essay seeks to explore how the 2002 Broadway production of the musical Hairspray depicts and produces inclusivity in American life in both modern and contemporaneous periods. The point of view set up in the show emulates the concept of a “white savior complex” in its efforts to showcase the perils of black people in the entertainment

Professor Wolf is the author of Changed for Good: A Feminist History of the Broadway Musical (Oxford University Press, 2011), A Problem Like Maria: Gender and Sexuality in the American Musical (University of Michigan Press, 2002), and the co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of the American Musical (with Raymond Knapp and Mitchell Morris, 2011). She has published articles on theatre spectatorship, performance pedagogy, and musical theatre. Professor Wolf also oversees the Lewis Center’s Music Theater

Broadway was one of the first forms of entertainment. Before there were television programs, or movies, there was Broadway. Broadway originated in New York in 1750, when actor-manager Walter Murray built a theatre company at the Theatre on Nassau Street. A musical would show about once every weekend. The shows were very male based, and would commonly show a relationship between young boys and their fathers. Women were slowly integrated into Broadway, and as society changed its point of view on women

Mary Poppins on Broadway Mary Poppins is about a nanny who comes to the Banks family to take care of two young children, Jane and Michael. Mr. Banks does not like her in the beginning, however as she teaches the children manners and to have respect for others in fun ways, he starts enjoying having her around. The children and the family are soon happy with everything Mary Poppins has done for them. The playwright of this Broadway show comes from a movie that was presented in 1964. I believe

The beauty of NYC is located in the heart of Midtown; The Theatre District. The Theatre District is the “heaven incarnate” of New York City. It is my cloud nine. The endless supply of Broadway shows available is astonishing. Nevertheless, it’s not the Broadway show that is extraordinary, although it is, but what the show represents. These shows represent hope. I feel it, without physically being there. Most people go for the costumes or the scenery while I believe the lessons learned are the most

New Rochelle, New York. Alan received a taste of the music life from the start, his mother, Judy Menken, was a young actress/playwright and his father, Norman Menken, DDS, was a piano playing dentist (Biography Comments 1). His whole family loved Broadway musicals and they spent many nights together just listening to his father play piano, Alan once said, “I showed an interest in piano at a very young age, but I hated to practice, so when my parents left the room I 'd make up my own version of the

musical theater for over four decades (Laird, 2014). With a degree in drama, Schwartz was first hired as a producer in his early years. Schwartz was interested in musical Theater since the early 1970’s when he was famous for three popular shows on Broadway; Godspell, Pippin, and The Magic Show (The Songwriters Hall of Fame). Stephen Schwartz accomplishments include winning the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics, obtaining three Grammy Awards, three Academy Awards and also being nominated for six