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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0Case Study – Leo’s Four-Plex Theatre (Merchant & Van der Stede‚ 3rd ed) Leo’s Four-Plex Theatre was a single-location‚ four screen theatre located in a small town in west Texas. Leo Antonelli bought the theatre a year ago and hired Bill Reilly‚ his nephew‚ to manage it. Leo was concerned‚ however‚ because the theatre was not as profitable as he had thought it would be. He suspected the theatre had some control problems and asked Park Cockerill‚ an accounting professor at a college in the adjacent
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Sommers present her article “The War Against Boys” arguing that boys are facing a crisis that is directly affecting their scores in school‚ their propensity to violence and crime and their lack of motivation to go to college. According to her‚ the ones to blame are the feminist efforts to promote girls and create programs to boost their academic careers. These efforts are doing more than just improve girls’ performance in school; they are harming boys by diverting the attention from them. As a direct
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Aliya Crochetiere Mrs. Crass Theater History April 11‚ 2011 Kabuki Theatre: Japan’s National Treasure Kabuki Theater has captured the hearts and minds of the Japanese audience from its beginnings over four centuries ago to the present day. In Kabuki wild spectacles of song and dance transpire‚ different from anything familiar to the Western observer. Its color‚ drama‚ and richness of costumes and characters contrast wildly with the simplicity and functionality of which the Japanese people live
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the performances I have seen before‚ maybe because I have never seen a college-performed show with all student actors‚ and also that this show was a new concept of Beowulf to be written. The name of the theatre it was shown in was Titmus Theatre at NC State University‚ which is an “end stage” theatre. It was directed by Kyle Dougan. Overall‚ I was pleased with how the whole show went‚ from lighting‚ to scenery‚ to costumes‚ and of course the acting. It was neat to help with the “load-in” of the show
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point they are trying to make and also giving the hands on and visual aspects of the art. When taking the Z boys and Dog-town genesis into consideration and what would be the best way to get the point across you first have to know what the the Dog-town and the who where the z boys and there history to understand what medium who best explains the purpose as well as the intent. With the Z-Boys being as unique and what some people consider “lazy” and “bummish” had a motive and a purpose to why they skated
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Carlos Delcompare Shari Alvanas Composition 10/18/05 English Skateboarding as Pop culture: The Mark of the Z-Boys The sport of skateboarding has been around for many years. The sport has gone from the early nineteen-hundreds to modern day society. The sport went from just being a hobby to becoming one of the most popular sports of today. Throughout the years skateboarding has been significantly modified to suit the skaters of the day. Since skateboarding has been in existence
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narrator is and whether they are involved in the story. In Thomas King’s short story “Borders”‚ a twelve-year-old boy recounts the experience he had with his mother crossing the United States border. As a result of a child narrating‚ it is easy to see the contrast between the boy and his mother‚ the ignorance by the government‚ and the compassion in the duty-free manager Mel. Using the boy as the narrator was important to the telling of “Borders” because it provided an honest‚ unbiased communication
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American Ballet Theatre: This theatre began in 1939 and was managed by Richard Pleasant. By 1939‚ former Hollywood agent‚ Richard Pleasant‚ came to New York to manage the company. By the summer of 1939‚ Pleasant and Chase developed big ideas to turn the company into a full-fledged ballet company and to base it on “a gallery of dance rather than the vision of a single choreographer" and a "living museum of
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How can readers’ theatre be used in the classroom? Identify the syllabus outcomes targeted for your enactment. Readers’ theatre is a minimalist style of drama‚ in which actors use their facial expressions‚ body language‚ movement‚ and vocal expression to convey a story‚ rather than the traditional sets and costumes. The style has been praised for its ability to give life to written text‚ giving audiences a renewed understanding of literature. Readers’ theatre is a suitable activity for use within
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