West End theatre

American Musicals From the ‘American Dream’ to the ‘Rock-Opera’. 1950 to 1978 were the hopeless years for the musical. American musical theatre had been showing signs of exhaustion. This most seemingly illogical of genres carries its own ‘ideological project’. Before this, musicals not only demonstrated singing and dancing; they were about singing and dancing, explaining the importance of that experience. Not only did musicals give the most intense pleasure to their audience but also supplied

The show opened in London’s West End in 1952 and has been consecutively running since then. It is the longest running West End show, and has the longest initial running of any play in history, with its 250,000th show taking place on November 18th of 2012. Christie herself did not expect for the show to run that long. In her autobiography

American Musical Film The musical film in the United States is largely associated with Broadway theatre. Broadway is an area in New York City where the biggest theatres are located, accommodating at least 500 people. Smaller theatres are said to be located Off-Broadway and even smaller theatres are called Off-Off-Broadway. Some notable musical films such as Chicago (2002), My Fair Lady (1964) and West Side Story (1961) were adapted from musical plays and trace their origins to Broadway where they

The resulting work, PUSH, was showcased at The People Show Studios in London in June 2003. I am currently writing a new play for the Unicorn Theatre, “Narcissus” (working title), have just completed my first novel, an exploration of myth and memoir, "Cinderella's Daughter", and am currently writing a novel for children inspired by the medieval children’s

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, so did theatre. The first strictly female-based shows were released in the 1950’s. These musicals attracted

went to the Phoenix Theatre in Leister Square to see Blood Brothers. When we walked into the theatre, I noticed that the proscenium arch stage was slanted which put everything on the stage in perspective. There was no live orchestra, and all the sound travelled easily throughout the room as it was quite a small theatre. Before the play, I had been told that the story was based in Liverpool and I had high expectations as it is one of the longest-running musicals in the West End. Behind the gauze, I

College-Kingwood Visual & Performing Arts Theatre in Kingwood October 20, 2016. This play has always did good historically over the last 60 years in London. The first production of the play was in 1952, London's West End. Under the direction of Playwright Agatha Christine, Eric C. Skiles the director, directed a great cast of actors. Who brought out humorous and suspenseful moments through out the production. They also kept everybody on their toes till towards the end. The main point of the play was to

What if the West End… Economic gain from West End?   There has been ongoing debate on whether the West End has brought economic gain or subsidies would bring more gain elsewhere. In response to the article written by Michael Billington, titled "The West End theatre boom is not all good news"(Billington, 2011), this article would stand against it. Looking at the West End, Billington's view of monotonous sameness is sound. Ever since the article was written (2009), it is still musicals with a sprinkling

Throughout my entire life I have never had any real interest in musical theatre. One time when I was in about 5th grade, my grandfather took me, my brother and my cousin to a showing of the “Nutcracker.” Let me tell you, I tried my hardest, I really tried, but I couldn’t stay awake for the entire performance. This experience I had put a bad taste in my mouth as for the next several years, I never attended another musical theatre event. One day in the spring, I was going through Golden Bear Advising

They say music is one of the biggest stress relievers while acting gives you a chance to engulf yourself into a character and be someone else for a change. Together these two create Musical Theater, possibly one of the best two combinations known to man. Musical Theater is a worldwide form of entertainment that has been around since ancient times and exhibits emotion through a series of acts which include singing, dancing and scripted acting. Different areas of the world follow unique storylines