An Intimate View of a Performing Arts Center
Audience: My audience will be any adult or mature teenager
who enjoys attending plays and/or concerts in a theater or playhouse.
The Performing Arts Center at the University of South Alabama is an
ideal auditorium for watching a play or concert because of the intimacy one feels with the
stage and the players upon it. A good view of the stage is never lost within the
comfortable seating of the theatre and the great acoustics, lighting and overall cleanliness of the place heightens the audience’s experience. As compared to the Biloxi Saenger Theater, Performing Arts Center is the better choice for any playgoer or music lover.
Essential to any theater or playhouse is some type of view, from great to horrible.
Every seat must have one even if the audience member only sees the players on the stage
as a small blur of color. The Saenger Theater is a larger auditorium, with an upper
balcony of seats over the ground rows. The view provided by the last row on the balcony
is poor. One sees the entire stage, but people and objects are very distant and their faces and details indistinguishable. The theater is much smaller and all the seats are on one floor, with each row of chairs a few inches higher than the previous. A position on the last rows does little to diminish the great quality of the view. The distance from the stage is no too far and such close proximity provides an intimate experience with the production.
How well the words of an actor or the music from a symphony carry from the
stage and throughout the audience is a factor that should always be met with satisfaction
in any theater. Because of the small size of the center, sound reaches all corners
of the auditori...
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...are so soft one could
easily fall asleep during a quiet piano recital. In the Saenger Theater of Biloxi beige seats that are far less cushioned than the aforesaid chairs of the theater hold the audience in place. To nap in the Saenger is a more difficult task even if the music or play is of the most tedious quality.
For a more personal experience with the actors of a play or the musicians of a
concert, one may look no further than the productions held in the Performing
Arts Center. With an unending good view, exemplary acoustics, clear lighting,
cleanliness and comfy seating, the Center treats the audience with a better show
than the larger Biloxi Saenger Theater. It lacks such comfortable seating and such
closeness to the stage is impossible is impossible to the general public—the first front
rows are reserved for the paying member of the theater’s guild.
The structure of The Globe Theater quite complicated. There isn’t an inside picture of the Old Globe Theater existence just a diary composed together with sketches of the interior layout. Pictures of other theaters such as The Swan and the Elizabethan theaters had similar design. Before entering the Globe Theater the audience paid a fee of one cent in the box to watch. The halfway task structures lead to yard where groundlings to watch the play. The Lord’s room rated the best seats in the house. The Lord’s room able to hear and listen to the actors clearly. The upper class paid five pennies and cushioned seats were supplied. The Heavens, ...
The maximum capacity for the theatre is from about 1500-3000 people. There was no heating or lighting in the theatre neither was there toilet facilities. The stage was five feet high, 20 feet long, and 45 feet wide. On the stage, there are two large pillars supporting the roof called the Heavens. The Heavens was used as a place for the actors to hide for dramatic entrances, and it was where ropes and rigging were kept for special effects.
different then the theater now. There is a difference in almost everything in the theater now then there
perform their section of the play. The back of the stage had a building painted
Musical theatre is a unique adaptation to the classical western theatre utilizing music, song, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance to convey the humor, pathos, love, anger, and all the other possible feelings of the human experience ad infinitum. This is perfectly described by an E.Y. Harburg quote, a favorite of my own professor and famous producer, Stuart Ostrow, “Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.” This is the very characteristic that has allowed musical theatre to not only survive but to continuously impact humanity over the course of history, from humble ancient antecedents of theatre to the multi-million institution of the modern musical on Broadway. It has consistently proven that although the technological advances of humanity and the mediums from which information is conveyed to the masses are always changing, that the musical theatre shall always remain as a defining cultural trait of humanity.
Theatre provides us with a mirror of the society within which we live in and where the conflicts we experience in life are acted out on stage before us. In the space of a few hours, we participate in a story where the facets of life unfold before our eyes and anything can happen, be it tragic, serious or hilarious! On the stage real people take on characters and we can identify with the emotions and actions as they happen and share the experience in real time. When this miracle occurs, when the audience and those on stage breathe a exactly the same time, there is a unique feeling of a fulfilled desire, which transforms the theatre into an immortal place: a combination of ecstasy and empathy for the human experience -- an inspiring event!
I base this hypothesis upon several premises: that the theatre, as a complex collaborative art form, depends upon the coordination of the talents and temperaments of a wide range of individuals; that, in the theatre, these individuals must be organized into a process which inescapably involves the establishment and articulation of power; that theatrical artists are, by their very nature, sensitive, e...
Stepping through the double doors into the well-lit theatre an usher greets you and audience member. As an audience member you make your way to the seat on your ticket. After a short while someone comes out and tell the audience to turn off their cell phones and the show is about to begin. The lights dim and the production begins. In recent years this is the beginning experience for a spectator of theater.
Once you have made it to the box office and gotten your tickets, you are confronted with the problems of the theater itself. If you are in one of the run-down older theaters, you must adjust to the musty smell of seldom-cleaned carpets. Escaped springs lurk in the faded plush or cracked leather seats, and half the seats you sit in seem loose or tilted so that you sit at a strange angle. The newer twin and quad theaters offer their own problems. Sitting in an area only one-quarter the size of a regular theater, moviegoers often have to put up with the sound of the movie next door. This is especially jarring when the other movie involves racing cars or a karate war and you are trying to enjoy a quiet love story. And whether the theater is old or new, it will have floors that seem to be coated with rubber cement. By the end of a movie, shoes almost have to be pried off the floor because they have become sealed to a deadly compound of spilled soda, hardening bubble gum, and crushed Ju-Jubes.
The layout and functionality of Twelfth Night’s stage were just one of the many aspects that made this take on a Shakespear classic so unique. The
First impressions are always the most important part of an introduction. Getting to know the stage is just as important for a play as it is to get to know the characters. Although we’ve been told before-hand of the small show room, it never really caught up with me on how tiny it would be until I stepped into the space. The set was a decent living room sized room with rows of chairs surrounding the stage. The lights were shining bright on the floor in front, making it feel even cozier than what it was before.
Theatre vs. film, and the different qualities each form has, is what makes the arts industry so revolutionary. While both theatre and film share a common purpose, however, these changing art forms are unique in the ways in which they speak to the audience. Certain art forms interact directly with the audience, giving them a sense of inclusion into the production, which make the relationship more intimate. Other art forms are simply presented for the audience to observe individually and are on no specific time clock. Comparison between different art forms is difficult because of the overwhelming number of differences between each one. “Comparison has, however, proved a rather difficult undertaking, and anyone who ventures into his domain will find it slippery, uncomfortable ground, mined with explosive paradoxes” (McAuley). Even though comparing/ contrasting these can be difficult, scrutinizing different art forms can look deeper into what makes each one unique. Two of the largest art forms in the entertainment industry are live theatre and film, which both employ technical components for the collective purpose of telling a story, but they vary in the level of intimacy that they share with the audience.
...hows of the stage. The audience will be staying to the end of the play if he shows the customs of each age. He gives of super natural help and the importance of the chorus is a play. The play should have also five acts.
However, despite knowing and being familiar with facial expressions, what I did find challenging was to make my voice express what I, or more specifically, the character was feeling. This is certainly one area that I found more challenging and certainly one area that I grew up in while in theater class. As a result, I believe that I now have more confidence in my ability to use, not only facial expressions, but also my voice to express what the character and I are feeling. Furthermore, with theater class reinforcing how to express what I was feeling while portraying a character in the play, one of the most valuable lessons I learned in theater class was, during a performance, that actors not only express what they feel through facial expressions and their voice, but also their body language.
Historically performing was used by animals to attract mates, often with the art of dance or song. Those techniques were so effective that they have lived on and still occur today. Starting in approximately five hundred B.C. however, the performing arts that we know and love came to fruition (Hancock). Theaters started being built out of stone and mud for people to gather around and watch/listen to the acts. Since that period in time, the performing arts have gained a rich history ranging anywhere from spreading awareness for social issues such as racism and homophobia, to encouraging rebellion in oppressive governments. Technology has affected this world with its progression and as such has affected the performing arts. Theaters were once completely open, with pits for the middle class and typically less educated and platforms for the rich and sophisticated individuals (Winthrop University). If in a large venue, actors had to project so much