Ballyhoo is a play about a Jewish family in the south around Christmas. The play takes place in a house, mainly in one room, the family room. There are four people who live in the house. A working man who looks to be in his early fifties, his sister who is probably in her late forties, her daughte...

Perhaps one of the most thought of questions that goes through ones head in a lifetime may be what drives a person to become an actor. Well, it could be imagination, a love, or just desire to stand out. When one desires to stand out they usually want to be in the light, and the stage is a great plac...

Secrets Everyone has secrets no matter who they are. The book I read is called Secrets and , there are many secrets that people have in this book. I evaluated this book. A man named Melvin Wechsler is a fabulous director that everyone loves. He has a series called Manhattan that he is going to di...

The French Lieutenant's WomanThere are many different parallels in the film The French Lieutenant's Woman. Modern vs. the Victorian Age, how society behaved and what they accepted in both ages,and the obvious parallel between the actors and what is going on in their lives outside ofwork. We are pla...

Taking place in Parfumeria in Budapest during the 1930s, this gem of a musical is based on the film, \"The Shop Around the Corner,\" starring Jimmy Stewart and Maureen Sullivan. The premise playwright Miklos Laszlo puts to words in this work never fails to appeal to the romantic in all of us: while...

Title: Secrets Author: Danielle Steele Number of pages: 442 Date of publication: 1985 Summary Everyone has secrets no matter who they are. The book I read is called Secrets and,of course, there are many secrets that people have in this book. A man named Melvin Wechsler is a fa...

The theatre department at Stony Brook University recently put on John Guare\'s play \"Six Degrees of Separation.\" These talented young actors and actresses did a fabulous job of presenting each of the individual characters and their personalities. Although there were a few minor mistakes along the ...

Interesting, captivating, and just as witty as the original musical Les Misérables, this is an interesting musical with a twist. Why is it with a twist? Although the storyline is exactly the same as the original Les Misérables, there are a couple of changes to this version - the most obvious being...

This sonnet demonstrates Shakespeare's great ability of playing with words. According to him a person is tongue-tied when he has either too much or too little to say. He illustrates his idea by giving an example of an unperfect actor who forgets his lines on stage and more curiously, some fierce thi...

Love and friendship plays a major role in everyday life. This is shown particularly well in the film Billy Elliot, directed by Stephan Daldry. It is set in Everington in 1984, during the miners' strike. Throughout the film love and friendship is portrayed in a range of different ways as Billy, ...

This sonnet demonstrates Shakespeare's great ability of playing with words. According to him a person is tongue-tied when he has either too much or too little to say. He illustrates his idea by giving an example of an unperfect actor who forgets his lines on stage and more curiously, some fierce t...

Since the beginning of the silver screen actors have portrayed characters to bring stories from print to life for the viewers. In the 1995 movie, Sense and Sensibility there were several standout characters, but one of the most effective jobs was done by actress Kate Winslet who played Marianne Dash...

On the Emotional Capacity of the Fourteen Year OldThe actor, an accomplished professional, spends his time imitating the actions, emotions, and feelings of others. He'll incorporate what he has seen and witnessed throughout his life, and portray these emotions, often convincing himself they are his...

The main character in this play is Shelby a woman who usually falls for the wrong type, romantically linked to Tyrel, a promiscuous man. Also supporting characters are Debra, friend to Shelby, married to Leonard, friend to Tyrel. The play was written in 1999 as a subsequent to the successful novel...

In recent research, I've found that Pearl Harbor and In Love and War are two very similar films. They both portray an injured soldier from either World War I, or World War II, who falls in love with a nurse, while competing against a friend for her attention. Although Pearl Harbor received be...

Ah, the daunting task of analyzing \"Rent\" in 525,600 words or less; simplifying any aspect would be an embellished understatement. So to preserve the memory on the hard drive of this computer, one is forced to focus on merely one aspect of this outstanding musical. The first problem occurs when ...

The play that I chose to critique for my out of class performance is \"On Golden Pond\" by Ernest Thompson. This particular version of the play was directed by Michael Oberfield. The Company that acted in this play was not specified, but the actors were mostly community veteran actors and acting stu...

To say that “all the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players” would be to describe many of Shakespeare’s plays. Many of the characters in Shakespeare’s plays are subconsciously playing parts in their own soap operas. For instance, in “Titus Andronicus,\" the outcome of ...

The play that I chose to critique for my out of class performance is \"On Golden Pond\" by Ernest Thompson. This particular version of the play was directed by Michael Oberfield. The Company that acted in this play was not specified, but the actors were mostly community veteran actors and acting stu...

Moulin Rouge is a creative and inventive motion picture. The story of a poor writer, who falls in love with a courtesan, is filled with emotional depth and complex characters. Directed by Baz Luhrmann, this film has a unique look and feel to it in its plot, cinematography, and music. Love is t...

Ethan Frome Ethan Frome is a story about a man who is torn between love and security. Ethan marries Zeena for security after he is left alone be his mother's death. When Zeena becomes ill, Mattie, a female relation is sent for. During her years stay Ethan falls in love with her. The movie ve...

An Officer and a Gentleman was made in 1982. It stars Richard Gere as Zack Mayo, Debra Winger as Paula Pokrifki, and Louis Gossett, Jr. as Sgt. Emil Foley. I think that the cast is amazing. Louis Gosset, Jr. won best supporting actor for his role, and Debra Winger was nominated for best supportin...

Puck states, "Lord, what fools these mortals be!"(III. ii. 115). Puck makes this declaration in his amazement at the crazy behavior of the young Athenians. If you look at the play closely though, you discover that not only are the Athenians fools, but the faries, and the mechanics as well. There ...

English Coursework - Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' Concealment and disguise are the driving forces behind the dark comedy that is 'Twelfth Night'. The character Viola decides to adopt the disguise of a man, which has serious consequences for herself and others around he...

 Much Ado About Nothing illustrates a kind of deliberately puzzling title that seems to have been popular in the late 1590s (ex "As You Like It"). Indeed, the play is about nothing. It follows the relationship between Claudio and Hero, which is constantly hampered by plots to d...