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Death Of A Salesman University Of Michigan
1,669 wordsWith The Death of a Salesman during the winter of 1949 on Broadway, Arthur Miller began to live as a playwright who has since been called one of this century's three great American dramatists by the people of America. The dramatist was born in Manhattan in October 17, 1915, to Isadore and Agusta Miller, a conventional, well to do Jewish couple. Young Arthur Miller was an intense athlete and a weak scholar. Throughout his youth he was molded into one of the most creative playwrights America has e...
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Men And Women Slave Masters
1,885 wordsLangston Hughes says, "Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it. Of course, you laugh by proxy. You " re really laughing at the other guy lacks, not your own. That's what makes it funny-The fact that you don't know you are laughing at yourself. Humor is when the joke is on you but hits the other fellow first-Because it boomerangs. Humor is what you wish in your secret heart were not funny, but it is, and you must laugh. Humor is your unconscious therapy" Laughter for c...
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Musical Comedies Radio Stations
1,155 words... he reconstruction period constitutional amendments were passed to assure civil rights and voting rights for former slaves and some blacks were elected members of the House and Senate; Whites wanted to be assured that blacks were still inferior and blackface troupes were not showing this by continuing to hire blacks. Therefore, audiences depleted, and many troupes that had incorporated blacks started to perform on circuits like the "Chicken circuit, " which hit most black owned theaters. Blac...
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Radio And Television Glass Menagerie
1,096 wordsAt the beginning of the twentieth century, American theatre was heavily dominated by commercialism. In 1909, an attempt to establish a European-style art theatre in New York City was made (Geisinger, 241). The building was so cavernous and unsuited for experimental work that the project failed after two seasons. Dedicated to producing the best of European and classical drama and to fostering new American plays, the first production groups of the 1900 s were amateurs (Geisinger, 241). The members...
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Young Lovers Happy Ending
1,331 wordsIf there is truly tradition to be found among the great theatres both on and off Broadway, then certainly the Sullivan Street Playhouse and its long running production of The Fantasticks rates as one of the most celebrated of New York theatrical traditions. Maintaining its place as the longest running production Off Broadway, The Fantasticks remains an enchanting and insightful tale of both young love and bitter disillusionment. It also reminds one, in this age of spectacle and the mega-musical,...
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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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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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Statue Of Liberty Central Park
1,159 wordsNew York City New York is the city of contrasts. People often call it the city that never sleeps. New York is one of the most attractive cities of our planet. It is the city of dreams, the city of mysteries, the city of majestic sky-scrapers and boutiques. New York is the city where ancient Dutch buildings and cobblestone pavements are mixed together with mirror-like sparkling towers of business-centers and apartments, palaces in Greenwich Village and thoroughfares of Chinese ward. New York is t...
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Men And Women Musical Comedies
2,284 wordsProfessor Jim Gray of Sonoma State University defines culture as a means of survival. Going by this definition of culture the evolution of black humor has definitely been a foundation in the survival of the comedy in America. This paper will be a discussion of how African American Humor has evolved and for centuries has changed and continues to change the way we look at comedy. Before beginning this paper, I must stress the importance of humor for all races. Truly, the environment in which most ...
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5,132 wordsConcordancing in The Cop and The Anthem A concordance is one of the simplest but, at the same time, most powerful tools to elicit certain types of information-in a quick and effective way- from the diverse corpora available nowadays. Concordancers have been widely used in linguistics, above all in text-type studies which rely on quantitative analysis. There have been significant development in corpus linguistics during recent years. Yet linguistics is not the only field where concordances may pr...
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Twenty Five Production Companies
898 wordsThe world has seen many great playwrights, dancers and musicians, but none have matched the success of George Michael Cohan. George Cohan has written some of the most famous plays, musicals and songs known to the United States. His music has also improved the American Spirit. He has been involved in the theatre since he was born and has been committed to it throughout his life. George M. Cohan was born on the forth of July in 1878 in a small medical house outside of a bustling Forth of July para...
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Everyday Life T Eat
1,088 wordsMay JEAN KERR Andrea Schade May 3, 1999 English 11 - 3 Jean Kerr? s Humorous Approach at Everyday Life Jean Kerr was a woman with a great style of writing; she was like Thornton Wilder in the sense that she likes to see the big picture in life. She uses logic in her writings. Her family somewhat affected her type of writing. She tended to focus on the humorous aspect of her life and that could relate to almost everyone who read her works. Kerr had a wonderful sense of humor and that helped her w...
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558 wordsJean Kerr was a woman with a great style of writing; she was like Thornton Wilder in the sense that she likes to see the big picture in life. She uses logic in her writings. Her family somewhat affected her type of writing. She tended to focus on the humorous aspect of her life and that could relate to almost everyone who read her works. Kerr had a wonderful sense of humor and that helped her write on the level of her readers. Jean Kerr was born July 10, 1923 in Scranton, Pennsylvania to Kitty a...
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Rhythm And Blues Rock And Roll
2,300 wordsPaul Whiteman (1890 - 1967) = a classically trained violinist and violist who adored jazz but lacked the gift to emulate the uninhibited improvisations of the jazz musicians he admired, formed a dance band in the early twenties that played jazzy arrangements of popular and even classical melodies. Blues = a black vocal folk music, began as vocal (largely instrumental). Classical blues = based on 3 lines of text. Wild wame don? t do the blues. Urban Blues = blues pieces written for publication an...
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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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1,468 wordsHeather Lena Horne Lena Horne Heather Donahue March 23, 2000 Humanities 15 Tues. &# 038; Thurs. 9: 30 11 a. m Page 1 Lena Horne Lena Horne was born on June 30, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York. Her parents were Teddy and Edna Cotton Horne. After her father left her at the age of two in order to pursue his gambling career; her mother leaving soon after that to pursue her acting career; she went to live with her grandparents. Through her grandparents influence she became involved with organizations like...
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First African American Duke Ellington
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Typical Teenager Love Lucy
2,364 wordsLucille Desiree Ball. The first thought that comes into many people? s minds when this name is said would be? Lucy? the well known funny character she played on her popular TV series? I Love Lucy? (1951 - 57). How did she become a legend? With dreams of being on stage in musicals to being the? star? in the big screen. Just like? Lucy? , Lucille yearned to be a famous performer. Looking back now, anyone could say that her childhood dream came true. Who would have thought that a Jamestown farm gir...
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800 wordsIn this essay Manhattan MANHATTAN In this essay you will read about all of the wonderful things to see and do in Manhattan, New York. Manhattan is the borough that never sleeps in. Here, there are so many wonderful things to see and do places to go and you will always meet new and familiar faces here. Manhattan is a main attraction when people come to visit New York City. There are many new explorations and journeys that can be taken on this wonderful island. Even though it s a borough it is als...
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