Abstract This research is an exploration into how ‘Jukebox musicals’ have influenced modern day musicals and how they are written. This style of musical could be seen as the most recent form of musical and its increasing success in the West End looks appears like it’s going to stay. In this essay I will be investigating into whether jukebox musicals have affected future original musicals, the audiences that watch them and the rising musical theatre writers that make new original west end productions possible.
A lot of developments were being made in the 1942-1945 time period. The US started to really get involved with World War ll, and race wars were breaking out in a number of major cities. Even with all of this madness going on Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein ll were able to create two beautiful shows, Oklahoma! and Carousel. These two amazing pieces of theatre have some dynamic characters that shed light on the rural American economic, social, and sexual complexities of that time.
From the initial reaction to the announcement, everyone seemed excited as can be. Three long, hard months of work all come down to just five shows, each two hours long. To have these musicals there is a lot of work to be done in a little amount of time. At Kings Junior High every performer is not only required to be at all of their rehearsal times, but have private one on one singing coaching, and donating some of their time to the building of the set. For a show to have a good outcome, every single person must be putting in a lot of time and effort, not just as rehearsals but at home also.
The enaction of the Federal Theatre Project (FTP) provided many theatre professionals with new, much-needed jobs during the Great Depression, but its impact didn’t stop there.
The fall of the federal theatre project was due to the motive of the project, which was misinterpreted. The government did not believe in spending tax money to pay performers and promote art. The closure of federal theatre made about “8,000 people lose their jobs” (Paula Becker
Should a historical musical be historically accurate? Is theatre the right medium to share history? Both Professor Tara Helfman and historian Nancy Isenberg have weighed in on the subject and here we will consider their perspectives on the importance of historical accuracy and the use of art to share history. The authors agree on the significance of Hamilton;
Youth pull themselves away from life to focus all of their attention on the theatre. This becomes the social life of the
Most didn’t sit and watch in silence like today.” (The Globe Theater, Robson). The Audience presented their emotions towards the show if they felt like it. If they did not like the play they would throw things and booed to the actors, on the other hand if they did like the play that was showing they would cheer on and encourage the things that were happening on stage. People in this time acted and knew differently than people do
My passion for theater blossomed when I entered High School, I was one of those kids who didn’t automatically fit in with the rest of the group. I was different and I knew it, I just didn’t
When Vice President of the United States of America, Mike Pence, went to watch the original cast of Hamilton: An American Musical perform, he did not expect an additional comment about the importance of diversity that the writer, Lin-Manuel Miranda, added in for the him to hear. Pence’s sudden departure from the theater halfway through the musical lead to the public questioning whether or not it was due to the pointed message that Miranda wrote in. Though there is no sure answer to that, it is clear that Miranda had successfully communicated his message about the importance of diversity in the nation to the audience. With the recent shifting of the focus on equal rights for minorities brought back to the front of national as well as global
1990s bore witness to emergence of a new angry young generation whoose works has been branded as speculative, confrontational, sensational, provocative, taboo-breaking, brutal, bleak, gloomy and dark. These playwrights possess a contemporary voice which speaks to young people portraying a composite picture of British society. (Bicer, 75) In 1990s playwrights of the In-yer-face theatre reshaped the language of the theatre by making it more direct, explicit, and raw. As a matter of fact, these playwrights ushered a new dramatic vocabulary and dragged the theatre into being more aggressive and experiential aiming to make the audience feel and respond.
Major elements of the minstrel groups of the late 19th century, such as tap dancing, large group numbers, singing, and singing while dancing, led to the development of the grandiose world of Broadway acting. Brooks McNamara mentions in his article “A Theatre Historian’s Perspective” that Broadway served the general public as a source of entertainment only. He
Many of us teens have seen people our age performing on shows on tv like the X Factor or Britain’s Got Talent, and whilst some people who are on these show go on to have successful, many of these performers don’t make it anywhere after their tv stints. This affects aspiring young musicians significantly as they may not know the sacrifices they will have to make, or the consequences they could face if they aren’t successful. This could ultimately ruin the demeanour of much of the younger generation hoping to get somewhere in the music industry, and they may end up finding a job at somewhere like
Throughout this essay I will be discussing how we should handle moral disagreements. Specifically I will focus on the ethical theory of Utilitarianism, it benefits but also its disadvantages which shows it is a theory which should not be used to handle moral disagreements. Utilitarianism is a type of relativist consequentialist ethic. Consequentialist ethical systems focus on the outcome of an action, rather than the agent or the action itself.
Most people never would consider Centre, Alabama, a small sleepy Southern town with a laid back atmosphere that could put an incurable insomniac to sleep, home to a thriving community theatre. Theatre Centre provides entertainment, wonder, dread, and happiness for all who witness it. I have loved and adored the theatre ever since I was a small child, performing in every play I could. Standing on stage fills me with a sense of pride and happiness that can be found nowhere else in the world. I love theatre, and even though the theatre I love more than any other thrives in a small town in Alabama, I still have a wonderful experience every time I go.
