The House of Blue Leaves was a comedy play that contained political and historical events. There were also multiple times where there was drama between the actors. The play showed a lot of comedy with the actor’s personalities and their facial expressions. I believe that the play was trying to pull the audiences emotions with laughter. The play was also based off a historical event. The main event in the first part of the play was that the Pope was in town. The actors were excited to meet the Pope and make a wish. In the director’s notes, the Pope coming was based off Pope Paul VI making his first visit to America. The play definantly informed the audience of how many American citizens sought after the Pope coming to America. I believe the …show more content…
The colors of the walls, carpet, and furniture looked very old fashion. I thought the space of the set was the right size as well. I found it interesting that the sink was an actual real sink and the water ran. I loved the blue wallpaper. The wallpaper made a connection with the plays title and it kept reminding the audience everytime they would look at the walls.
The lights in the play were very bright. I think the colors of the set made the lights become brighter. The lighting was not good when they were just focusing on one actor at a time. I thought there was not enough light making them singled out from the others. However, when the lights went completely black you could not see the actors changing to different places. The lighting tech, Alex Evans, did a good job on making sure to not let the audience see the scene changes. The lighting made the play go very smoothly.
The sound of the play was good for the most part. I thought the size of the crowd mactched great with the actor’s voice volumes. I did not enjoy the ending scene because the sound was excessively loud. I thought that Liz Lape turned the sound of the music up to high. I even saw a person sitting in front of me covering their ears. On the other hand, the sound was not a problem any other time of the
This play was set in the 1890s, meaning it is very important to have correlating costumes so the audience can be aware of what time period there in. Of course Dolly who had a few costume changes looked stunning in everything she wore. My one small critique was with her last outfit that she wore during the finale. The jewels on the red dress were awkwardly placed it was almost like a diamond belt but, it fell on her in the wrong area making it not as flattering to her body as it could have been. However, her feather headset and the glistening diamond reflections in the spotlight made up for it. Also Claire Dicorte, an ensemble member, had a perfectly fitting outfit that fit her in all the right places she looked like an everyday woman in that time. Of course Emily Mouton looked hilarious in her big obnoxious orange dress too, if anyone can pull that off it was her character Ernestina. Finally, all the waiters and waitresses correlating colors looked fantastic, especially when they were dancing, no distractions because they were all the same color! My OCD was not bugging me on that because believe me if they had a shade off I would have noticed. I could tell the hard work that was put into those costumes so I congratulate Michelle Tinker for all of her hard
In "Constant Star", lighting told much about the play as soon as it began. Low, yellowish lighting and a bit of fog spread by ceiling fans filled the stage as the play started. This gave the stage the look of an old photograph, so the audience immediatly gathered that the show was taking place in the past. The mood was often set by lighting as well. Red lighting gave the audience a sense of foreboding while yellow indicated happy times. Also, lighting could substitute for props. During scenes involving the train, lights would flash on and off, making the stage look as if it was actually moving. This effectively created the illusion that the cast was on a train. Also, lighting was innovatively used to create a "jail" in one of the scenes by creating vertical bars on the stage around the convicts.
It was good setting to get the attention from the audience and also a way to move around or change settings of the play. Although I love this play my small critic for this play was the players. Some others actors had understandable accents but others didn’t. For example, the brother of the servant his accent was confusing because he kept switching his accent from different country languages. This play was really nice it had a little of bit of everything drama, comedy, romance, betrayal. What like about this play it was how they used the dramatic structure the inciting incident and the climax. The inciting incident for this play of musical comedy murders of 1940 was guessing who the killer of the play was because there was tension building up not knowing who the murder was. The climax for this play would be for me finding out who was the murder and just being in shock how everything had change into a new scenario. Overall it was amazing show how it developed and how well an organized transition the play
The Music Man made interesting use of the technical aspects of theatre. Sound was used appropriately, as music from the monitors did not overpower the voices of the actors. Lights, however, did not leave any sort of impression on me. Hardly any lights were utilized to enhance the mood were present. This caused for less emphasization on spectacle than what would be expected of such a dramatic play. Although, intricate costumes and set made up for the dull lighting techniques.
The lighting in this movie is very effective. It helps to establish the characters very well. The audience is helping in distinguishing the bad and the good characters through the lighting. The movie overall is very stylized. There are some other strange lighting patterns brought out by Hype Williams, but by far the most effective lighting patterns are ones that help to characterize the main players in the film.
The lighting played a major role in setting the tone for both the theatre performance and the movie. In both the film and play, the lighting was dimmed and the non-important elements, such as background elements, were often hidden in the shadows. In the film the murky lighting also hid Todd in the shadows, in order to increase the suspense and further emphasize his intimidating demeanor. In the play,
Overall, the score was beautiful and appropriate, adding suspense and mystery at all the right times. The sound effects added psychological flavor to the story without drawing too much attention to it.
...tly, the costumes in this production of Wicked were incredible! There were so many beautiful costumes! Many were very elaborate and detailed, while there were also various simple and elegant costumes. This was extremely refreshing to see as an audience member. The costumes always matched the characters’ emotions, which made the plot go along much smoother. I noticed that in numerous scenes the costumes were the same color as the lighting in the scene. I think the director did this on purpose to emphasize certain moods, but in some cases, a variety of colors would have worked better.
The sound design and choreography intensified the overall musical. They created the time, place, and mood through rhythm and great energy. The actors had wireless, behind the ear mikes, that attached to the mike pack which amplified the sound, making it very clear. I could easily understand what they were talking about or singing.
The most successful aspect of the performance for me were the scene changes. I found that the rotation of the blackboard, center stage, where the actors were able to stoop beneath it in order to enter and exit the stage, was an effective touch to this non naturalistic performance. When this was first used, at the end of the first scene, when the characters Ruth and Al left the stage, I thought it didn't quite fit as at the beginning the style was leaning towards realism. But as the play progressed and the acting style became more and more non naturalistic, and this rotation of the black board technique was used more frequently it fitted in really well and became really effective.
Since this is a review and its based on my opinion, I would have to say this was one of the worst plays I've ever seen in my life. I wasn't entertained by the play at all. The only good parts were the good-looking girls in the play. I like the main character Marisol based only on her looks. She played on ok job of acting. I realize she had a lot of lines to memorize which she had down, but she just didn't get to me. I think the costumes were ok. They had nothing special, or out of the ordinary except for the angel's wings, which were pretty nice. I didn't like the lighting or the scenery. I didn't know where the scene was supposed to be at some points.
Urgency is a major factor driving the show and also important, but the fast acting is chaotic and hard to understand. I could trace less scenes and details. When two elders were talking on the house, I questioned all the times for the conversation. Also, one beautiful girl expressed her feeling of love through embarrassed speaking that was super-fast. The only understandable time is when the actors sang a music and dancing. Moreover, the directing of the play is complicated to follow the show exactly. The show started without telling anything. All actors just came out on the stage to talk and dance individually like a practicing so that they wanted to remind the audiences get ready to watch the show. However, I lost some points at the beginning that was basically the background of the whole story. I also observed the theatre has no out of stage. The actors would have a seat two side of the stage and then come out on the stage when they have a role. It was so strange. To let actors being audience, it was interesting, but I was confused this kind of the production. I would also comment on the point of the actors on the stage that was invisible. They should stand at the middle rather close to the audiences because not everybody can see behind people in
the play was good. The first act was a little slow and tedious but the
Before the play began, the set design and lighting design, developed by Jan Chambers and ML Geiger, respectively, gave me some clues as to what was about to take place on stage. First, I noticed that a large part of the stage was made to look like a road, which suggested to me that the characters would go on some kind of journey or transformation throughout the course of the play. Also,
There wasn’t any particular scene on stage that made me doubt the integrative work of the director since all the staging work such as lighting, design, costumes and performance were well coordinated and blended for a very good production. The lights were well positioned with well fitted costumes and a very ideal scene to match. There wasn’t much change of scenes in the play except for some movement of tables and chairs. There was an entrance and exit for the performers which made their movements uninterrupted. There was a loud sound of a bell when school was over while the lights were dimmed whenever there was a change of scene. The pace of the production was very smooth since one scene followed the other without delay and most likely because most of the performers wore the same costume; especially all eight students wore the same costume for the entire