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The Rebirth Of American Musical Theatre
1,634 wordsTwo great writers of American musical theatre, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, had one idea in common. They wanted to present to the American public a new and revolutionary musical that would stand out above the rest. They wanted to make an impact on the societies of the era. They wanted to be creative and do something that was considered rebellious. When they finally combined their ideas together they created an American masterpiece in musical theatre: Oklahoma! . It was the first Rod...
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1,611 words... oma! had proved, on opening night, a stunning stage experience such as one does not often encounter in a lifetime of play going. From the moment the curtain rose and the first lines of the first song were sung, down to the final scene with the presentation of the title number, the audience sat spellbound as a new kind of stage art unfolded with incomparable beauty and majesty. (181) Along with dance and villains, Rodgers and Hammerstein also took on a new approach to forming the music that t...
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Taming Of The Shrew Broadway Musical
1,610 wordsChoose one of the various film versions of The Taming of the Shrew, the musical Kiss Me Kate or the recent film Ten Things I Hate About You, and critically evaluate the success or otherwise of this film as an appropriated text. The 1953 film of the musical Kiss Me Kate is successful in many aspects as an appropriation of the Shakespearian play The Taming of the Shrew. These include: the transmission of Kiss Me Kate from the live Broadway musical to the film version; and the clear portrayal of th...
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Bernard Shaw Fair Lady
711 wordsBy Dominique Jones Rating: (out of 5) Consider this possibility: a romantic comedy with no nudity, no sex, and no kissing. In fact, there aren't even any declarations of love. The closest the female character comes to admitting her feelings is saying that she could have danced all night with the man; the closest he gets is remarking that he's grown accustomed to her face. Could such a project lift off the pad in today's climate? Almost certainly not - no studio would green light the film without...
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Influenced Greatly Violent Crime
1,029 wordsBadlands In the 1960 s the movie industry changed greatly. It was the time when the classical period came to the end and the post-classical or the New Hollywood era began. During the 50 s and early 60 s Hollywood was producing primarily musicals and historical epics like Cleopatra and Hello Dolly. Such films benefited from the large screens, wide framing and improved sound. They were commercially proved till the end of the late 60 s. In the 1960 s and 1970 s the new young generation was coming o...
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940 wordsMoulin Rouge! (2001) Moulin Rouge (2001) is produced by Baz Luhrmann. This film won 2 Oscars and another sixty five wins and eighty three nominations. Stars: Nicole Kidman (Satine) and Ewan McGregor (Christian). Although it is very difficult to speak about musical, Moulin Rouge was one of the few films that have made great impression on me. Musical is, probably, one of the most interesting genres of theatrical performance. It is the most conditional genre. Musical demands from the actors not onl...
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546 wordsThe 1920 's in Chicago. The city is rife with illegal booze, jazz clubs, and corruption. Roxie (Renee Zellweger) is a chorus girl who dreams of being a star. One day she shoots her lover in a rage at his betrayal. In prison she meets Velma (Catherine Zeta-Jones), who was Chicago's most celebrated showgirl until she shot and killed two people. Velma has retained the city's most successful defense lawyer, Billy Flynn (Richard Gere), who never fails to produce acquittals for women indicted for murd...
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1,367 wordsGeorge Gershwin George Gershwin, a famous American composer of the 1920 th, belongs to the category of exceptionally gifted artists, who died young and could not realize many of their plans and ideas. Despite of his short life-time, musical and creative inheritance of Gershwin is significant: he wrote about thirty musicals and operettas for theater and cinema, and became an author of many popular songs, which are still being played in our times. Born in 1898 in Brooklyn, New York, in a family of...
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691 wordsLes Miserables known in English as? The Terrible? is a musical portrayal of the French Revolution. It is a musical tragedy, which served as a major powerhouse competitor for Andrew Lloyd Weber musicals in the early eighties and nineties. When first debuting on Broadway in 1987 it traveled a long hard road to compete with musicals of the decade. However, in time many well-known performers were proud to associate themselves with this wonderful work of art. The musical play begins with its lead cha...
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Rest Of His Life Silk Stockings
2,719 wordsAmerican composer Cole Porter (1891 - 1964) American composer &# 038; lyricist Biography Coles family Cole Porters name derives from the surnames of his parents, Kate Cole and Sam Porter. Kates father, James Omar (known as J. O. ), was an influential man both in the community and in Coles early life. J. O. started from humble beginnings as son of a shoemaker, but his business savvy and strong work ethic made him the richest man in Indiana. Despite J. O. s obsessive drive for making money, he too...
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3,086 wordsColumbia Pictures originated with a man whose coarseness and bullying earned him such unloving nicknames as &# 34; Harry The Horror, &# 34; &# 34; White Fang, &# 34; and &# 34; His Crudeness&# 34; : Harry Cohn. The New York-born son of Jewish immigrants, Cohn worked throughout the teens at numerous jobs, in and out of the entertainment industry. By 1918 he was an assistant to Carl Laemmle, the founder of Universal, who also employed Harry&# 39; s older brother Jack. The Cohn's left Universal in ...
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863 wordsRussian Art, Music and Literature The Arts play a large role in the expression of inner thoughts and beauty in life. From dance and music to art the concept of life is shown through the various ways in which we interpret it. The arts play a valued role in creating cultures and developing and documenting civilizations. Russia has been developing the its culture for as long as anybody could think. Nowadays, Russian painters and musicians are quickly becoming well known among each and every one aro...
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Rock Musicals Show Performers
543 wordsTheatre performances can be done in many different ways. One of these ways is a musical, which mixes songs with dialogue. Musical theatre has many different styles of music within its ranks, and the show that I recently saw focused on Rock Musicals. On Saturday, April 29, 2000 I saw Rock On! Broadway! at the Cabaret @ The Spot. It was a brilliant musical revue of songs from Rock Musicals, directed by Glen J. Beck. The shows dialogue honored many critics in the sense that the lines were actual vi...
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West Side Story Manhattans West Side Musical
647 wordsWest Side Story is one of the most influential musicals of all time. Its integration of dance and song into the plot was very innovative, because even though it had been done before, it had never been done this well. Jerome Robbins had thought of an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet to a Broadway musical in 1949. He began discussions with librettist Arthur Laurent's and composer Leonard Bernstein of a musical called East Side Story, with a plot concentrating on a Catholic girl and a Jewish boy. Oth...
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788 wordsGeorge Gershwin's The ultimate collection George Gershwin's The ultimate collection, is a compilation of Gershwin's greatest hits. The compilation is made out of two CDs; the first cd is Gershwin's pieces sung by different jazz singers such as Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby and more The second cd, is Gershwins famous pieces taken from musical shows such as Porgy and Bess, Rhapsody in Blue, Cuban overture, Funny face and more. First Cd: The cd starts with the song Strike up the Ban...
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20 Th Century Style Of Music
576 wordsHistory of singing styles There have been distinct stages in the development of music and particularly singing over the previous hundreds of years. Looking back now we can easily see where certain things interlinked to create a new style or method of singing. From the western side of things, the first significant frame was the operatic movement. This began in the early 1600 s with the first ever Opera 1602. It was called Orpheo and was written by Monteverdi. The singing style that existed betwee...
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796 wordsJazz Dance Jazz dance is a form of personal expression created and sustained though improvisation has certain defining characteristics, including improvisation, isolation, a centrifugal explosion of energy that radiates outward from the hips, and a propulsive rhythm that gives a swinging quality to the movement. -Bob Books Jazz is a crossbreed of north American cultures, a music and dance of the slaves of Africa, and old European Jigs and lit's, Minstrel shows and presumably, Jazz music. Jazz is...
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Jekyll And Hyde Henry Jekyll
730 wordsWhen we see a movie it is difficult to notice the work and effort that the cast puts in. The same applies to a TV show, or music video. This is because hundreds of hours have been put into editing, cutting, and buffing clips and scenes of the film. As a result, the finish product is flawless to the audience. However, when we step through the doors a stage theatre, all that begins to change. We are no longer in a world of cameras and computers; we enter a world of live entertainment. One of the m...
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Musical Comedy Opera House
1,370 wordsThere are many well-known lyricists and composers, but only a few leave such a mark as Rodgers and Hammerstein. This duo produced nine musical plays during their partnership and caused a profound change in musical comedy. They set the standards that are followed to this day in musical history. They created the modern musical that we all know and love. Before they became Rodgers and Hammerstein, they were simply Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, both of New York City. Hammerstein, born in...
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West Side Story 20 Th Century
2,203 wordsPresentation The eminence of the musical has been the most significant theatre phenomenon in the world over the last twenty years. It has not only given British theatres a greatly needed financial boost but has changed popular theatre indefinitely. Before this, they never throbbed with subtlety because someone was always bursting into song about how every thing was looking just swell. The musical not only wanted to sing away your troubles, but your thoughts as well. The old style musical theatre...
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