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Theater
Theater is a type of live performing art that includes genres such as drama, musical and comedy.
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your crazy and messed up. Legally Blond is the title of a movie
How have we modernized Shakespeare's plays today?
Sometimes they're not!! A good example of a successful movie adaptation is "Romeo + Juliet" with Leo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. This play was set in modern times, with cars, gas stations, automatic pistols, modern clothes, etc. The original dialog was retained and contemporary music was used as well. "Richard III" was updated to WWII era and some of the dialog was rearranged, but overall it worked anyway. Many others have been filmed and updated as well. On stage, they are also sometimes set in other time periods, but often are not. Because these plays generally run 3 hours, which is way too long for most modern audiences, a lot of directors cut non-essential dialog and/or characters. On stage, projections could be used in, for example, "Hamlet" when his dead father appears and tells Hamlet that the father was murdered. The 3 witches in "Macbeth" could be projections as well. But Shakespeare doesn't need any extra gimmicks or additional special effects. There's already enough violence and poetry without any superfluous nonsense!
What is the difference between an exterior and an interior scene?
This is easy as an "exterior scene" would be filmed open location, outside and an "interior scene" would be filmed in a closed location, such as a apartment, home, work location. Essentially, due to the magic of Hollywood, both scenes can be filmed on a set with a variety of backgrounds. Coincidentially, the "establishing shot" is edited in to give the viewer an idea of where the scene is taking place. Take, for instance, the opening of "everybody loves Raymond", there is an establishing shot of a home supposed in a residential neighborhood. Then the scene in the kitchen where Amy is made knowledgeable to the fact that Raymond told his wife who told his father who told his wife who told her other son that "she likes to talk" is called a cheap shot. There is a whole gender of movie scenes that are available on a website i haven't had time to research such as love scene, drama scene, action scene, with a subset of interior love scene, exterior action scene, so many scenes, you would have to be a director to know them all, and, then again, the director has a few scenes up his sleeve.
What are the given circumstances?
The given circumstances in acting are what the author or playwright have given you as an actor to work with in terms of where you are, who you are, what you are doing, and why you are doing it. For example, your character profile at the beginning of the play (where they list the characters) will tell you something about your character. In "The beauty queen of leenane" by martin McDonagh, there is quite extensive character notes. These character notes are your Characters "Given circumstances." The setting, an old cottage in county leenane are your given circumstances for WHERE you ARE. Sometimes, however, the playwright may give you no in-depth information about your character, as in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, where all he gives in the character section is "Estragon, a tramp." All you know is that Estragon is a tramp. However, throughout the play, you find out pieces of history, and this is another source of GIVEN CIRCUMSTANCES. As either Stanislavsky or Strasberg once said ( I don't have my notebook on me this instant) "sometimes the inspiration for your character may not be obvious, but hidden within the line of someone else's character"
Simply put, the given circumstances are whatever you are given to work with, be it pieces of history, emotion, costumes, settings, character relationships.
Who direct the Broadway production of Funny Girl?
Both the original production of Dreamgirls on Broadway, and the 1987 revival, were directed by Michael Bennett.
When are the next Tony Awards?
The Tony Awards are scheduled to air June 9, 2013. The Tony Awards are given out to the best actors and actresses around. They have recently signed a new 5 year broadcasting agreement with CBS which will be good through 2018.
The 'book' for the musical (not to be confused with the novel written by Gregory Maguire) was written by Winne Holzman. The composing and lyrics were written by Stephen Schwartz.
What is the theme song for Sweeney todd?
1.opening title2.no place like london3.the worts pies in london4.poor thing5. my friends6.green finch and linnet bird7.johanna8.pirelli,s miracle elixir9.the contest10.wait11.pretty women12.epiphany13.a little priest14.johanna15.god that's good16.by the sea7not while i,m around
What is the longest running musical in Broadway?
Les Miserables is the longest running musical in the West End. It opened on the 8th October 1985 and is still on today with over 11,500 performances.
Who did Simon nearly kick off stage?
Simon Bannister, prolific stage manager to countless theatrical productions in the U.K. , never kicked anyone off the stage, or came close. Simon, second son of the famed British actor, Trevor Bannister, is a lovely guy, very easy to work for and with and very good -tempered, even in the fast -paced world of theatrical production !
What are the lyrics to hello Dollie?
"Call On Dolly"
"I Put My Hand In"
"It Takes a Woman"
"Put On Your Sunday Clothes"
"Ribbons Down My Back"
"Motherhood March"
"Dancing"
"Love, Look in My Window"
"Before the Parade Passes By"
"Elegance"
"The Waiters' Gallop"
"Hello, Dolly"
"Polka Contest"
"It Only Takes a Moment"
"So Long, Dearie"
What was the theater like in the 1940s?
Well... they still had Black and White movies and, that was the beginning of Color movies.
What did an audience throw at the actors who performed badly?
Unpopular productions in Shakespeare's day could be shouted off the stage and the actors pelted with vegetables or whatever else was at hand.
What is the Abydos Passion play?
the abydos passion play is one of the mythological stories from ancient egypt. the basic jist is that osiris gets killed by his brother, set, and then his wife, isis, finds him. then she hides him in a bush and goes home to get the necessary items to bring him back to life. while shes gone, set finds the hidden body and cuts him into 14 pieces. isis goes in search of said pieces; but, only finds 13. the missing piece, she then creates a golden copy of and brings osiris back to life for less than one hour and they procreate a son. (using the golden penis)
Theater is a way of expressing yourself. By using your role, you can handle the situation by how you would have handled it
Theatre can be precisely defined as
A does B for C
A=Performer
B=Action
C=Audience
therefore, anything can be theatre.
Drama, however, is a special kind of theatre
A does B as D for C
A=Performer
B=Action
C=Audience
D=A Character
When was the first movie theater built?
We learned in school that the first Marcus movie theater was built in Ripon,WI,USA. The person who started the Marcus movie theater came over from a different Country and had to change his last name to Marcus to keep from being found easy and that's also how the Marcus movie theaters got the name Marcus Movie Theaters.
Often John Williams' music draws inspiration from music of classical composers. Some of these are: Antonin Dvorak
William Walton
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Gustav Holst
Sergei Prokofiev
Igor Stravinsky
Bela Bartok
Howard Hanson
Einojuhani Rautavaara John Williams himself has stated his admiration for Joseph Haydn, Edward Elgar and film composer Bernard Herrmann.
What is the longest running Broadway play that is still running?
The longest running Broadway show in the U.S. is The Phantom of the Opera (which is still playing on Broadway today!)
The 2nd longest show is Cats (Which left the Broadway stage on Sept 10, 2000 I believe
I think that The Fantasticks is the longest running show in American history. It closed in 2002 after a 42-year run (more than twice as long as Cats). It is also credited with being the longest running musical in the world.
Actually the longest running play in the USA is "The Lost Colony" which has been running I believe since the late 1930's in Manteo NC...about the Sir Walter Raleigh colony that disappeared with only the engraved word "Croatan" on a tree remaining.
Is Wicked still open on Broadway?
Yes. it is believed to be true that they are making a wicked movie look on imdb
When did the musical Rent first show on Broadway?
The first staged show was in march 1993 at the New York Theatre Workshop and first appeared on original Broadway in April 29, 1996. On Broadway the show achieved critical acclaims and word of mouth popularity.
Why was musical theatre created?
Impossible to say! We know that the ancient Greeks enjoyed some sort of entertainment that combined music and drama. But chances are that cavemen also enjoyed telling musical stories around the campfire.
