Review for Phantom of Opera Jiawen Chu Theater 1040 DUE: Nov.8th 2011 Phantom of Opera, probably is one of the musical shows has the longest- running history, but everlasting show on Broadway stage. The Majesty Theater and its decorations are old as the age of this musical show, however; the actual musical show was so impressive, and it shocked me by its luxuriant stage, its magical special effect, and the last but not the least is the beautiful musical sounds. This show is gorgeous, shiny, and full of magical color. It is hard to believe how were the stages have been set up in such amazing and wonderful ways which caught my eyes for the entire two and half hours. The show surprised me, especially when each scene was flashing in front of my eyes with the changes of the stages that brought me back to 1900’s.
This imagined meeting took place in lively bar in 1904, the Lapin Agile, a famous cabaret in the Montmartre district of Paris. Famous for its clientele, the Lapin Agile, at the turn of the 20th century, was like a camping ground for the artistic type, such as Picasso. Lapin Agile, is just French for the name Nimble Rabbit. I think this is very symbolic of the colorful characters that Picasso, Einstein and Presley encounter during their time in this popular Paris bar. The way I would describe this
Located in the heart of the Adelaide this family owned venue sits in the centre of Grote Street, a popular part of the city. On the particular night that I attended this venue an amateur cabaret performance called Cablive. The bar and the performance was impeccable with many surprising sights and things to discover. Cablive was hosted
Casablanca, set in French Morocco in December 1941, is a story about trying to escape your past, the power of luck and the difficulties of neutrality during a time of war. The story centers around Rick Blaine and his cafe, Rick's Cafe American, where refugees come looking for transit papers out of Casablanca to Portugal to escape the Nazis. It also centers around a set of transit papers that Rick has and everyone wants. When a Czech nationalist and his wife show up looking for the papers, it sends Rick into a bender as he was once lovers with the wife back in Paris and seeing her again does not help. The biggest foreshadowing moment is when the transit papers come into Ricks possession.
For this reason the Bateaux has lived up to its fame and has provided an amazing view, service, and top quality dining. The view that the Bateaux offer is hard to come by in the City. With the trip being four hours it feels like it should be longer with half of the time spent of the cruise ship is spent watching the amazing views. The cruise ship first takes off and sails around Manhattan to give you a great view of the city from the Hudson River. Then it passes under the Brooklyn Bridge slowing down to give everyone the chance to go outside and take pictures of the bridge.
Falling into Adulthood In the novel The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield, a 16 year old boy, struggles to mature and conform to the expectations of society as he enters adulthood while he tries to cope with the death of his little brother, Allie. Holden doesn’t like what he sees as he starts to meet new people and venture into the world. His travels in New York City cause him to lose his childhood innocence from encounters with people who are phonies that only care about money and sex. These losses of innocence are shown by a recurring motif in the story, falling.
Later, Romeo hesitates again about the party but Mercutio convinces him once again. Mercutio and Romeo are ready for the party, they leave: “I fear, too early for my mind misgives some consequence, yet hanging in the starts shall bitterly begin his fearful date” (I.IV.106). This shows that Romeo does not know how to control himself by getting peer pressured again by Mercutio. Several time Romeo doubt his own feelings about not attending the party, but Romeo’s desires get the better of him by leading to his death. Further more, Romeo getting married to Juliet is another bad choice of his.
Juan Blandino 3214 – 0193 November 10th, 2009 “Vaudeville Shows” Throughout the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century, many forms of music and events came and went to help create the music today that soothes the soul and replenish the spirits. You may know it to be called jazz. But in order to fully appreciate the tunes of jazz, we must look at the history in which it is derived from. One of the main influences that helped jazz come to its still popular form today were vaudeville shows. Vaudeville was a popular form of theatre in the early nineteenth century that incorporated a variety of acts that ranged from acrobatics, comics and sketches and most importantly, musicians and singers.
Scott Joplin had played in New York, and other great musicians followed in his footsteps. After The Original Dixieland Jazz Band played on Broadway, jazz musicians imitated the New Orleans sound. While not attaining the undisciplined and wildly erratic beat of New Orleans jazz, the popularity of jazz in New York increased drastically. The 1920s proved to be a Golden Age of jazz in New York. Jazz was diverse and appealed to people from every echelon of society.
Jazz which began as ragtime and blues was a very popular style in the clubs. “Dance wars” and “Jazz-a-thons” were the big thing for the Harlem nightlife at the time (Haskins, 1984) Though The Cotton Club had many bands and famous singers play there, its most famous band was Duke Ellington and the Washingtonians. They broke tradition by being the first band that was not from the area. Though all bands of the time were breaking tradition by being black (Haskins, 1984). The band brought the club to its peak.