Previously, if asked why I wanted to be an actor, I\'d say I didn\'t know. I just loved to act. Of course, there\'s the obvious fame and fortune but that\'s not enough when choosing a career, because if you don\'t attain that fame and fortune, you have to love it enough to keep doing it. What makes ...

"That is the beauty of live theatre," said local actor Roger Principe after being disciplined by director Dan Schulz for failing to remember a specific line in the musical "Brigadoon." Schulz, however, agreed that Principe was correct. The line can only be recited once during the performance, and ...

Constantin Stanislavski was born on January 17th 1863, in Moscow. Stanislavski evolved his own system of preparing plays which resulted in remarkable ensemble acting. After he finished school, Stanislavski did not like the melodramatic style of acting which was pop...

Drama is an art, and the artists are actors. Just like any other art form, proper training in theater is essential to gain mastery in the skill of acting. There are many approaches to teaching acting. Gordon Phillips, a seasoned professional in the field, has developed a very interesting method. ...

Tonight I saw the play \"Overruled\" by George Bernard Shaw. I was so impressed by the ascents they used and the dialect they developed for each of their characters. All of the actors seemed very well-rehearsed and prepared for their roles. They all had direct actions and used the given circumstance...

Pouring of the Sun & All That Fall There are numerous techniques that can be used in a performance to help create the world of a story for the audience. Props, backdrops, and costume are just three of many tools that effectively aid actors in creating this world. All That Fall by Samuel Becke...

Closer, performed on November 26, 2000 at the Mark Taper Forum, was an excellent show. The play is about two men and two women who are thrown together by chance. Throughout the play, they connect, disconnect and reconnect in bewildering combinations with each other as they try to get \"closer\" All ...

COSTUMES AND MASKS IN GREEK DRAMA Greek Drama originated at the beginning of the 5th Century. It began as religious festivals and continued on to purposes such as entertainment and dealing with political, social, moral or ethical issues of the time. There were many famous Greek Playwrights such ...

A critique on Thirty Three Swoons In the play Thirty Three Swoons, which is a collection of four farces written by Anton Palovish Chekhov. The play consists of these short productions in order, Swan Song, The Bear, The Proposal, and The Wedding. Each of them their own unique plays that pokes...

In Caryll Churchill's collaborative drama "Cloud Nine," there are some very interesting resonances between acts one and two. As readers, we have to pay close attention to the gender and ethnic background's of the actors, and the significance of who they are portraying. Throughout this play, there ...

Very early in history, the Greeks began to collect poems that had been written in honor of their brave ancestors. These poems were often recited in public and almost everyone in the city would come to listen. Many people think that Greek entertainment evolved from these poems, but actually it did ...

In the 1800s the definition of an \'ideal life\' came into question. The industrial revolutions led to an enormous amount of poverty and crime. Auguste Comte\'s philosophy of positivism was about studying the betterment of humans and sociality which is the highest form of science. Charles Darwin rei...

In 500 B.C., Greek theatre was the most popular form of entertainment. It is important to understand that drama began in the Greek world as a form of religious ritual, but it was good entertainment especially if it contained a lot of blood or gore. Greek drama was not only performed in the theatre b...

Dramatic short films are some of the most expressive and magnificent artistic forms of art. It is the telling of a story through the perceptions of its creator making it truly representative of the artist\'s outlook on life. A year ago one of my friends purchased a digital camcorder and decided to m...

A Midsummer Night\'s Dream is an excellent, humorous play written by Shakespeare. It is highly characteristic of Shakespeare, bringing several subplots into one masterful story. I have seen this play presented in a classical format and I found it thoroughly entertaining. Directed by Robin McKee, ...

How can one describe any of Beckett\'s work? It is truly difficult to even begin to convey what his productions might stand for. If there were only one word to describe Beckett\'s work, it would have to be \"unique,\" for seldom does one come across theater so innovative. To acquire a taste of ...

\"The Fabulous Fable Factory\" by Joseph Robinette is a work children\'s theater. An individual unfamiliar with this genre of theater might simply assume a work of children\'s theater to be a dumbed-down version of adult theater. This might be particularly the case in terms of \"The Fabulous Fable...

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...

\"Our Town\" is a play we watched in drama class. It\'s a pretty boring account of the lives of some people in the early 1900\'s. Their does not seem to be any plot to it, and all i know is that some teenage neighbors get married and then the wife dies. They use pantomime for everything in this...

The theatre of the Greeks was built on the hill which sloped so everyone could see in the back rows. Greek Theater consists of three different parts: the orchestra, the scene, and the main theater called the Koilon. The orchestra was the circular area, placed in front of the stage. In the center o...

The theatre in the City Dionysia was a great semi-circle on the slope of the Acropolis, with rows of stone seats. The front row consisted of marble chairs; these were reserved for the priests of Dionysus and the chief magistrates. Beyond the front row was a circular space called the orchestra, where...

In the play, Metamorphosis, Gregor was alienated from his family even before he turned into vermin. This can be seen when we discover that Gregor's job involves quite a bit of travel. Because he travels so much, get up at early hours and works very long days, we know that his job prevents h...

When I go and see a movie the three things that motivate me the most are the story, the stars, and the reputation. "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" is a perfect example. The story seamed really good and funny to me, a chick flick. The stars were Matthew McConaughey, and Kate Hudson, who were...

This play was the resounding voice of the dead. The direction of the play closely followed the original direction of the script. By that, I mean that the unity of the play was contingent on the premise of the original writer. I believe that the director of this play was trying to uphold the message ...

In "Six Characters in Search of an Author", Luigi Pirandello demonstrates how he took advantage of classical drama by creating the difference between the characters and actors in the play. Pirandello uses many staging approaches and techniques to merge drama and theater, into real life, while feat...