Musical Theatre: The Musical

The Wizard of Oz and Wicked are both very successful and well-known broadway musicals. Both of these musicals are based off of the same story, but each give a slightly different meaning to it. While they are both based on a similar tale, these two broadway musicals have many characteristics that are similar and differ from each other. This paper will compare and contrast the characters, theme, and plot.

The girls come in nothing but bathing suits and with no shoes. Sammy describes the regular customers he sees when he mentions “women generally put on a shirt or shorts or something before they get out of the car into the street. And anyway these are usually women with six children and varicose veins mapping their legs and nobody, including them, could care less” (Updike).Sammy is excited because not everyday you you get to experience customers like three girls.

Vaudeville rose to prominence in America from the 1880’s until the 1920’s. A vaudeville show is composed of different acts or segments such as animal acts, magic acts, singing acts, and comedy acts. However, there is much more meaning behind vaudeville than the types of acts it is made up of. Vaudeville encompassed originality, creativity, and rebellion. The shows served as an avenue to introduce things that were not commonly seen by audiences. Eva Tanguay for example, portrayed herself as primitive, a concept opposite to female societal norms at the time. Another example was Frank Fay, who originated improvised interactions with the audience. Vaudeville also exhibits transcendence, while many claim its fame ended in the late

The emergence of a popular mass culture depended upon the introduction of many new forms of entertainment such as film, radio, and theater. One of the most notable forms of theater that emerged was vaudeville, which gained popularity in the late 1800’s, reaching its height in the 1910’s through the 1930’s. Vaudeville theaters’ affordability and accessibility allowed Americans of different ethnic and social backgrounds a chance to socialize in a way that was previously not allowed. Vaudeville had a major impact on popular culture and many films took much of their content from vaudeville acts. An example of a film that was influenced by vaudeville is the play turned film, Wonder Bar. The film features past traditions of vaudeville, while also exploring themes of race and sexuality.

“What happens when you are not taken care of properly, at work?” This is a question, Catherine Donohue and her friends/co-workers had to face, in Melanie Marnich’s These Shining Lives. I was amazed by the fact that the play is based on a true story about The Radium Dial Girls and their contributions to history. For director Sally J. Robertson to present it to the public is a constant reminder on how important the role of women has changed in society. After watching the play, it was incredible being both entertained and educated at the same time.

The two movies I will use in this analysis are “Girl Can’t Help It” and “Grease” they both are musical. “Girl Can’t Help It” is a romantic musical about down and out talent agent, washed up gangster, and a beauty. The washed up gangster has plans to marry the beauty but first he wants her to be famous because he doesn’t want to marry a nobody. So he hires the talent agent to make her a star. Due to here great looks he has no problem finding that to book her as talent but soon finds out that she lacks talent. In order to save both him and her embarrassment he tell the gangster that he quiets because she has no talent but he wouldn’t take no for an answer. The more time more the agent and the leading lady spend together the more they fall in love. Mine while once he find out she can’t sing the washed up

Without Musical theater in a child's life, the world be totally different. We live in a world where Musical Theater is a part of all of us, even if some don’t fully understand this yet. “How lucky we are to be alive right now” is something Musical theater taught me. People can learn so much from performing arts.

Wicked was the musical I attended for this assignment. It is a beautiful show about learning and friendship, it is a story from the viewpoint of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West. This musical was presented by the traveling broadway performers in Milwaukee; the musical started with Elphaba living life as a social outcast and ends up being able to fly and be who she really is. Elphaba then meets her roommate, Glinda the Good, and she is self-absorbed, gets whatever she wants. With this, becomes a friendly rival that turns into a long lasting friendship. Ultimately, much of this musical's greatness is about the joys and sorrows of friendship and how these relationships change us for the better. The dancing in this over two hour musical is

Although Signature Theatre has not yet produced a production of Guys and Dolls it’s one that their company could undoubtedly do so in the future. The theatre certainly has the capabilities and facilities necessary to produce a high quality version of this musical. However, this fact, although relevant is not the most important factor in deciding whether or not they would choose to produce the show. The theatre must also have a desire to chose this specific musical among the hundreds of other choices that exist. An examination of Signature Theatre’s history and currents goals helps one to see if this desire exists.

The 1950’s was a moment in American history when rock and roll was about to turn everything upside down in American culture. Every week hundreds of singles were being released by record companies. Grease is a musical based on the transformation from the 1950’s to the 1960’s not caring about repression and tradition and living for freedom and adventure. Grease was inspired by the success of Hair and shows like it, that revealed great cultural truths about America

Main characters, Gina, G-Child, Jessica, and violet undergo changes in their lives that destine their fate. The protagonist, G-Child, in particular begins to see the gang life slowly hindering her relationships and shape their in a negative way. The changes undergone for chapters 11 to 13 shape the characters fate by their previous knowledge, experiences, attitudes and physical changes constantly occurring. For starters, the girls slowly begin to drift apart from each other when they all begin to only care about the money they receive from selling illegal substances like crack. Their mindset changes as the begin to the main focus being money and power. Three out of the four begin to retaliate and they begin to want to benefit their lives out

Since the beginning of Broadway, musicals have been used as a social response to the issues going on in that time period. By using alluring music and riveting stories, these shows, along with many more, captivate their audience and grab their attention to the issues that are going on. Some shows that have reflected the time period they were performed in are Hair, Hairspray, and Rent.

There are many ways to be involved in musical theater, and they all have some type of affect on people 's lives. There is light and sound crew, who climb high into the rafters to use lights and learn to use complicated sound boards and make sure everyone is seen and heard. There is the set designers, who use their artistic talents to create all the sets and backgrounds for a musical. More yet there are the stage crew, who work behind the scenes lifting heavy things so that all the sets are in place for each scene. Last but not least there are the actors and actresses, they are the ones who use their talents to put on the musical. The actors and actresses

Storytelling - Generally, a Broadway play is marketed by a marketing firm that sits around in a room discussing the usual marketing tactics that they 've used for years to bring attention to their plays and musicals. The new marketing tactics should include bringing the artists into the marketing

A theater or theatre is a structure where theatrical works or plays are performed or other performances such as musical concerts may be given. It originated in the cultures of primitive societies of the classical Greek and Roman Theater in 4th century BC that evolved up to this generation.