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Apparel exceeded my expectations. I have been to several Broadway Lights shows in Charlotte over the years, and this production is one of the better ones I’ve seen, if not the best. The stage was designed very well for the show, the story was excellently written, and the play resonated well with a contemporary audience.
My immediate response to the layout of the theater was that I didn’t like it because I am not a huge fan of theater performances in the round. While I think it is a useful medium for presenting a play, it is a harder way to way the play because audience members constantly have to have their head turned at an angle which makes for uncomfortable viewing. That being said, I thought they used the space very well in the production. …show more content…

First off, this fit the rest of the design for this performance, as everything was not very ornate. Additionally, with this genre of play, I don’t think the effects should be designed to be particularly noticeable. Since this play was set in the early 20th Century, and is fully based in reality, there wouldn’t have been much room for dramatic lighting or sound effects. If there was some supernatural element or similar, then perhaps there would be room for dramatic effects. For example, when you watch a documentary, you don’t expect CGI or stunts, but when you watch an action movie, you expect there to be explosions and car chases. This play tends to the documentary side of that analogy, and I thought the lighting and sound reflected that …show more content…

Lynn Nottage is an exceptional playwright, and fully deserves her Pulitzer (Myrick-Hodges). Intimate Apparel blew my expectations out of the water. I her command of language is remarkable without being overt or obnoxious, and her ability to draw out the emotion of each character and present it to the audience was particularly impressive to me. I also appreciated the personal connection she has to the story. She is from New York, and the story is at least loosely related to the life of her great-grandparents. Knowing this factoid made the play all the more enjoyable. I could almost imagine her researching this play, and envision her thinking about her great grandmother as she writes. Personally, this visual added to the entertainment for

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The setting depicted elements of nature by using lights and water to create a calm, conscious atmosphere. The play began with rain sounds in the background, leading up to actual rain pouring onto the stage during the shrine and the funeral scenes. The lights gave off blue overtones in almost every scene. In the scene with Scottie and Bernadette, the blue lights contrasted with orange lights to give the audience a perspective of the sunset that Scottie viewed every day. The lights, subtle music, and rain helped me make sense of the setting and feel like I was a part of the show.

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The black box theater is a very intimate setting to begin with, and as I took my seat in the theater, I felt that intimacy. The theater was dark, and the audience was virtually silent before the production began. As I sat waiting for the performance to begin, I took in the lighting, the props, and the set as a whole, and I began to feel as if I were sitting just at the edge of a different time period. The design element that stood out most to me was the lighting of the river because the gobos and the selection of down lights made the river come to life, almost as if it was another character in this production. I was definitely drawn into the world of this play due to the intimacy of the black box theater and the lighting design of the

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When an audience watches a play there are countless observations to be made, therefore it becomes unfeasible for every last detail to be noticed. While the audience quickly examines the backdrops and set pieces or the actors’ overall appearance, they often do not immediately notice the minute details which later prove to be vital to the play’s plot. For example, in August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, upon entering the stage for the first time, Levee reveals the new shoes which he has just purchased, but it does not become clear until much later just how important these shoes are. I feel that in order to maximize the impact the shoes have on the play, they must set Levee apart and look different than any other shoes seen on stage. In

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