1. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers was first released as a movie in 1954 and was nominated for 5 Acadamy Awards, including Best Picture, though in the end it won only the Oscar for Best Musical Score. It is still performed with great regularity in both professional and amateur theatre. What do you think accounts for the shows original critical and box office success as well as its longevity and continued popularity as a stage musical? • In my opinion, the Seven Brides for Seven Brothers show has succeed because of the story in can touch all the deferent ages like kids, adult, and old people.
Jessica Tandy played Blanche, Kim Hunter played Stella and Marlon Brando played Stanley. In 1948, one year later, Tennessee Williams received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Donaldson Prize and New York theater critics Prize so it became the first drama that won these three awards at once and his work became wildly popular and it is still so today. The internet site of New York Times (times topics) suggests that Tennessee Williams: “had a profound effect on the American theater and on American playwrights and actors. He wrote with deep sympathy and expansive humor about outcasts in our society. Though his images were often violent, he was a poet of the human heart.”[2] Činoherní klub`s webpage about A Streetcar Named Desire uses a quote (from a letter to an agent, Andrea Wood, August 27, 1947) which described Tennessee`s intention about the main characters and how he wanted them to be perceived by the audience: “I do not intend to focus blame or accusation on one particular character, but I want it to be a tragedy of misunderstanding and indifference toward others.”[3] The play is set in the city of New Orleans.
South Pacific by Hammerstein the second and Joshua Logan is generally considered to be one of the greatest musicals in history, but this musical wasn’t always a Broadway hit! It first started out as the story line of two short stories by James A. Michener from his Pulitzer prize-winning 1948 book, Tales of the South Pacific. When Director Joshua Logan, a World War two veteran, read Michener’s Tales of the South Pacific he decided what a sensation it would be to adapt it for the stage. He and producer Leland Hayward purchased the rights for the work from Michener; they also asked Richard Rodgers to do the honors of to compose the music and Hammerstein the second to write lyrics and the Libretto of the upcoming musical. Both Rodgers and Hammerstein accepted the job and they began transforming the short, but detailed stories “Fo Dolla” and
In this paper, I will be addressing the impact of a great figure in musical theatre, a man who made significant contributions in the history of musical theatre, the Russian born and Jewish American Irving Berlin. I will address some important phases in his life. I will start by giving an overview of his early life and family. Moreover, I will be talking about his major initial works as a lyricist and composer as well as some of his major early contributions in musical theatre. Then, I will discuss how he was able to establish significant connections with important entrepreneurs until he became a successful entrepreneur himself.
Pan Asian Theater is a New York based theater group that also focuses to explore the Asian American experience. It provides professional opportunities for Asian American artists and actors to collaborate and create unique works where quality and perfection are key criterion. Mel Gussow of the New York times noted “Before Pan Asian Rep, Asian Americans had severely limited opportunities in the theater…[Now] heartened by Ms. Chang example, similar companies have sprung up around United State” (Gussow, 50-4). Pan Asian Rep has opened doors and paved the way for many who have formed their own companies or enjoy careers in television, film and on Broadway. For 30 Years, The Pan Asian Rep has created opportunities for countless minority artists to compete equally and bring to the stage modern classics that give insight into the evolution of Asians in
Andy Warhol was born on August 6, 1928 and grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As a child, Warhol liked to draw and was encouraged by his mother, who was also artistic. Unfortunately at a young age he was diagnosed with chorea, a disease that attacks the nervous system and makes someone shake uncontrollably. With much struggle he overcame this and he graduated from Schenley High School in Pittsburgh in 1945. He enrolled in the Carnegie Institute of Technology and graduated in June 1949.
When I saw previews of Funny People on TV, the advertising made me believe that it was going to be a comedy. This was the use of genre film. Most people expected it to be a comedy because of the previews, the title, the actors, and the history of Judd Apatow movies. However, after actually seeing the movie, I didn’t think it was a comedy so much. With George Simmons health issue and his personal life with his ex lover, him not being a good family man, and him falling off as a comedian, I thought it was more of a serious film with funny parts added to it.
Paragraph IV a.) Accepting the truth and finally Charlie can really truly be infinite. b.) He finally moved forward and let his parents know that he was being molested by his aunt 2 FennelMcGrew Helen when he was around six years old. c.) What this novel/ movie really taught me was that you never truly know what kind of background people come from or if you do but you just choose not to believe it and so in order to get through it you really need
When Carrey was in junior high school, his teachers quelled his bad behavior by letting him share some of his comedy routines with the class. His father Percy lost his job as an accountant when Carrey was 14 and the family fell on hard times. The family had to move into the Toronto suburb of Scarborough. Carrey’s father had to start working as a janitor in the Titan Wheels Factory. Carrey formerly a good student started working eight-hour shifts after school and his grades were dropping.
Manilow attended the famous Juilliard School, where he touched up on his already owned talent for music. While at Julliard, Manilow wrote a score for a Broadway musical which was up and running for eight years, this is what pushed him through the doors of fame. In 1973, he released his first album and from there he made his own history. Mozart was a musical genius. By the very young age of five, Mozart was able to read and write music.