Throughout the entire musical there was a significant job by the brass as a whole and I loved how it added to the show. The warm tone of the trumpets and trombones added to the dark and casual atmosphere, and was far more effective than a woodwind instrument as the lead, for this would create a sharp and often light hearted feel to most songs. The entire orchestra did a great job adding the background and really enhanced the emotion behind the musical. They mostly kept in the background, instead of being overpowering, keeping the focus on the play, not the music. Without an orchestra, a musical would just be very plain and boring due to the fact that the catchy tunes kept me
This is a musical where all the trials are trivial and less than life threatening, putting you in a place where you have only the most meager of worries , such as who will take you to prom, and how will you snag that handsome boy who just doesn’t seem to notice you. The musical also portrays a dream that many people have, going from a nerd that hardly anyone looks at to a total bombshell with members of the desired sex absolutely slobbering at your feet. Also, the musical is colorful with music that vibrates through your bones and absolutely insists that your body get up and dance. Grease appeals to so many people because it makes them feel as though they are a part of it, with characters, situations and dreams that near everyone can relate to. Grease is a musical set in 1959, a time when everyone seemed quite carefree.
I loved Poor Little Eva, King Simon, Little Topsy, and Geoooo-rge!. Though it has been said “it wasn’t until they filmed it until they caught the delicacy, humor, and poignancy all at once” (Jerome Robbins: His Life, His Theatre, His Dance, pg 47) this paper will discuss the history of The King and I on Broadway. The King and I is one of the most well loved musicals of all time. With musical geniuses Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II writing the score, Jerome Robbins brilliantly choreographing “Small House of Uncle Thomas” and “Shall We Dance?” as well as many other dance sequences. Jo Mielziener was the set and lighting designer, Frederick Dvonch was the musical director, and Irene Sharaff was the costume designer.
Tin Pan Alley paved the way for musical entertainment that we enjoy to this day. According to the Songwriters Hall of Fame, The term “Tin Pan Alley” originally referred to W. 28th Street in New York around 1910 when during it’s heyday because songwriters would be creatively banging around on lower end pianos that you could hear from the street. Tin Pan Alley was the basis for traditional music that surrounds us to this day. Without the pianos that wailed their tunes through publisher’s doors beginning in 1880, people would have been deprived of the musical entertainment that Tin Pan Alley so strongly influenced. From Vaudeville, Broadway, and Hollywood musical movies, to ragtime, jazz, swing, and rock and roll, all the way to television variety shows after the depression; the pianos of Tin Pan Alley are credited for laying the foundation for the many entertainments that have endured for over two hundred years.
The bar within La Boheme is easily accessible and those who work behind it are both talented and have a great attitude and passion for what they do. Those who choose to preform in Cabaret live not only are outstanding performers but give it their all when on stage, which just adds to the over all feel of the night. Cablive and La Boheme have many strengths and very few weaknesses. One factor that I did to find to be of poor quality was the readily available seating and space for people to sit. On frequent occasions, more chairs were needed to be found for people to sit down, and even then little room was available for them.
That was amazing. For the most part, the acting was very good. Each actor / actress was very good with their characters, and there were only minimal mistakes. One of the biggest mistakes I saw was when Andrews character entered the room in Act two and his hat got knocked off. Instead of just picking it up like a normal person would, he broke character and looked worried for a second, then waited to pick it up.
The stringed instruments were the accompaniment; therefor, they began with harmonics, chromatics, and tremolo for various measures rather than having a moving part. The melody was given to the flutes and soloist, Sami Junnonen, who was also very talented. The song was about 22 minutes long and he had the whole piece memorized. It sounded very sad, but soothing simultaneously. There were visuals around the theater, which made it easier to understand and visualize what Lopez was trying to describe when writing the song.
Evaluation of Wicked The performance I chose to evaluate is the musical Wicked. This was a spectacular performance done by 321 Theatrical Management Company. Anne Brummel and Natalie Daradich play the two main characters, Elphaba and Glinda. The Conductor of the wonderful show was Adam Souza. This musical performance of Wicked was fantastic.
Italian opera was very influential. Italian opera was extremely popular and immediately gained fame even outside of Italy. There was another form of music, very similar to opera, that emerged during this era, oratorio. Oratorio is almost identical to opera but is not staged, was centered on scared subjects and did not have the same embellishments that opera included. They were still large productions with musical accompaniment.
Today's contemporary theatres produce a variety of plays and musicals that attract very different audiences. Theatrical productions may also involve other types of performance exhibitions, which include improvisational, skit and parody performances which involve varying levels of involvement from off-camera staff or assistants in order to create the