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    Prior to what we believe to be the “Golden Era” of American Musical Theatre‚ one must first delve into the dark past modern musical theatre tries to bury beneath today’s jazz hands and glitter covered performers. The era of the Virginia Minstrel shows not only is derogatory towards African American slaves and recently freed slaves with the use of stock characters‚ but it uses exaggerated stereotypes and costuming to create the illusion that the African American race is inferior to Caucasians. These

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    A. INTRODUCTION The Short and Sweet Musical was premiered at The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPAC) on Friday‚ 1st of October 2010 at 8.30 p.m. was an excellent play. The Short and Sweet Musical is divided into four different acts namely A Grave Matter‚ Ghosts‚ Cupidity and Little Girl Lost. B. ACTING The character that I like the most is the mad scientist portrayed by Iedil Putra in A Grave Matter. The actor’s voice projection is also loud and clear which pleased me because if not I

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    Into the World Essay An individual must overcome obstacles and challenges in order to grow up and enter a new phase in life. The challenges a person may encounter could be anything from moving schools to a change of authority in the family home. In the movie Billy Elliot (2000) by Stephen Daldry‚ the audience sees the many challenges a young boy names Billy faces. Also‚ in the poem ‘If’ by Rudyard Kipling‚ the audience reads about what a young boy must go through to ultimately grow up and become

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    Award‚ Certificate and Diploma in Caring for Children Level One Scheme of work for CFC 23: Musical Activities for Young Children. (QCF) January 2013-February 2013 Tutor: Melissa. Hastie. In class support: Laura Caruth (LC)‚ every Monday Unit AimThe aim of this unit is to enable the learner to gain an understanding of musical activities for young children | DateWeek beg. | Learning Outcomes | Activities/Learning experiences | Equality and Diversity | Resources | Week 18/01/13 | Introduce

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    Often times‚ we endure problems within ourselves that can either be solved or left alone to embrace. Whether it is mental or physical‚ many of us find it natural to undergo inner-conflict. In the two passages‚ “The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man” and “Quicksand‚” the authors provide the audience with a theme that connects them both. After uncovering their internal conflict‚ they eventually decided to unknowingly distract themselves from the issue. This includes the way the authors utilized the

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    Stephen Sondheim‚ hailed by many as a genius‚ has had a long and illustrious career in Broadway musical theatre spanning five decades. During those fifty-some years‚ Sondheim has essentially reinvented the Broadway musical. The Sondheim canon shows three distinct ways Sondheim has contributed to musical theatre. First of all‚ the difficulty of Stephen Sondheim’s music has raised the standard of musical theatre. Actors simply cannot stand onstage and sing as they used to in the days of Gershwin and

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    High School Musical‚ or the modern Romeo and Juliet depicts a love story between two rival groups in high school. Troy Bolton‚ the star and captain of the basketball team ends up falling for Gabriella Montez a transfer student‚ who prefers science and math. The two meet at a New Year’s Eve party where they are chosen to sing together. The next time they see each other is at school where they are pressured by their peers to stay within their cliques. Troy with his team and Gabriella with the decathlons

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    Rent is a rock musical that was created by Jonathan Larson. It’s based on the opera La Bohème. The musical tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in New York City in a village called Alphabet City‚ under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. The musical was first seen in a workshop production in a New York Theatre Workshop in 1993. This same Off-Broadway theatre was also the musical’s initial home following its official 1996 opening. Jonathan Larson‚ the

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    Autobiography English 1/ Block 1 Autobiography 8-20-13 My name is Blake Austin Summers. I am 14 years old and in the 9th grade and go to Wayne School of Engineering. I have brown eyes with short hair. I am white and half Asian. I have a family of four‚ mom‚ dad‚ brother‚ sister‚ and also have two pets. My birthday is on Sept 5‚ 1998. I was born and raised in North Carolina in a town named Goldsboro. I used to live on Seymour Johnson Air force Base. When my dad retired we had to move. I currently

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    Today many people are familiar with the musicals South Pacific‚ The Sound Of Music‚ Oklahoma! and Carousel but do they know their origins? All of these plays were engineered by the dynamic due Oscar Hammerstein and Richard Rodgers who worked to broaden the boundaries of theater by merging theatre‚ music and film. Not only were they responsible for making their own plays but they formed musical scores‚ worked as lyricists‚ owned and operated the publishing company Williamson Music‚ and had their own

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