Theatre Analysis

However, theater goes beyond just the actors, there is a whole team like: a producer, designer, make-up artist, stage directors, director, and many others. You remember, theatre is also based on a budget so it can be off-off Broadway (100 seats of less), an off Broadway (100-400 seats), or a Broadway show (500 seats or more). We went to all three and they are easy to recall, it involves no deep thinking to notice, especially as the sets and effects are less extravagant. Regardless of the budget, it is theater because “where there’s magic and make-believe and an audience, there’s a theater” (Bill Sampson). Then there are special interest theatres that are mission driven or where a certain audience is welcomed like the theatre of the death, agitprop

Z: Wow, telling me all of this is making things clearer, and you can tell I was completely lost throughout this whole semester. So, the genre can be anything, right? Like comedy, a parody, a solo show, any tragedy?

R: It is ok, this is college, and you are right on the ball! It can also be a performance of art like Paul Taylor Dance, a musical/opera like Phantom of the Opera, or a show like The Castle. Simply, a dramatic structure is the conflict, protagonist/antagonist, exposition (background information), the pace, the cast, blocking (movement of the actors), willing suspension of disbelief, the set or design, and finally, the intent of the show.

Z: I always remember half of the dramatic structure, perhaps that is why I was lost throughout the whole year. May you explain to me one or two of your favorite or least favorite shows that we went to over this semester?

R: Why not? I covered everything and now examples are needed; that is why I am here with you buddy, to help you understand, and potentially even find your type of

Second, I was not expecting for this show to be so affective since it wasn’t on Broadway. Also, I couldn’t relate to it, but I have emotions too like I felt sympathetic to their struggled and proud that they have accomplished more than they ever thought they would. Vilma crying was like the climax, it made me tear up. I can see how this show is theater too, can I try to analyze The Play That Goes Wrong?

R: Thanks for caring, at least I now know the Fortune Society can help, and sure take a shot at it!

Z: Ok, so The Play That Goes Wrong is a Broadway tragic comedy that plays at the Lyceum Theatre. It is based on Cornley University’s Drama Society, where the member’s put on a show about a murder mystery.

R: In addition, you can tell why the students act a certain way on stage by reading the Playbill.

Z: However, that is not how the performance is, the comedy immediately begins in the beginning of the show till the end. The writers of play did a good job involving theater, like including a stage manager, a light/special effects operator, and the set to make it a full