Rent in the Lower East Side in 1989-90. West Side Story, based loosely on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, explores themes of immigration and cultural difference, and subsequent matter of resistance. Rent, by Jonathan Larson, is based on Puccini's La Boheme and follows the lives of a group of bohemians and their issues surrounding non-conformity. While the musical format gives these representations a more theatrical feel, the reality of what home was for such individuals in New York at these times is
Alex Shelton THTR 3011-001 Rent The musical Rent by lyricist, librettist, and composer Jonathan Larson surprised Broadway in 1996. Rent stormed Broadway at the Nederlander Theatre and became a phenomenon. It won several prestigious awards, including a Pulitzer. Located on the eve of a new century, Rent depicts a year in the life of a group of friends living in the Lower East Side of New York. All in their twenties, they live a bohemian life, guided by principles that tend more towards the achievement
Rent. To most people it is associated with an apartment, house, or another object. This word rarely conjures pleasant memories, but more often annoyance and stress. However, when someone mentions rent to me, my mind races to some of the most memorable experiences in my life. When I hear the word Rent, I immediately see an eclectic Broadway production, overflowing with talent, adventure, and magic. I picture scantly clad actresses, strutting across the stage. I envision stunning duets and
With Sasha Jansen, Jean Rhys created in Good Morning, Midnight a female character who does not have a place in the world. Sasha walks the streets of Paris, commenting, reflecting, remembering. Her few coping-mechanisms show how deeply she is already alienated from the world, even from herself. As a reader you get this fed bit by bit, in fragments, jumping between the actual narration, memories and inner monologues. As a woman in Paris in the late 1930s Sasha Jansen is far ahead of her time. In
Jenna Tamisiea Elser Sex and Rep March 30, 2014 Final Paper- 1/3 DRAFT Marguerite Gautier was chaste of heart. She was also a courtesan. She was diseased yet desirable. As Alexandre Dumas, fils’ consumptive heroine in his 1852 play, La Dame aux caméllias, Marguerite Gautier comes to represent “Everywoman, required to be both virtuous and alluring, and compelled to find identity in worldly suffering and the promise of otherworldly redemption”. Romanticized visions of ideal femininity like those
Written by Georges Bizet, a French composer during the romantic period, Carmen quickly became a smash-hit because of its vibrant themes of seduction and heartbreak. The masterpiece was composed and preformed at the end of the romantic period in 1875 (metopera.com). Along with Bizet, Ludovic Halévy and Henri Meilhac assisted in writing the original French text used to this day. However, the DVD recording I watched provided English subtitles so I was able to track the plot. The production of Carmen
The opera La Boheme is, according to the Metropolitan Opera, a story about two people, Mimi and Rodolfo who fall in love. However, Rodolfo no longer wants to be with Mimi and they part ways, but the twist is Mimi is secretly suffering from an illness that she has not
This week our topics cover gender and sexuality. The two films "Bliss", directed by Abdullah Oguz and "Ma Vie en Rose," (My life in Pink), directed by Alain Berliner addresses certain issues about gender and sexuality and give the viewer insight into how other cultures and customs can react to such things. In the first film Bliss, the director takes the viewer on a journey in the life of a young Turkish girl. Meryem was condemned to death for a crime she did not do. It is her village 's customs
Alain Berliner's Ma Vie En Rose I watched the foreign film Ma Vie en Rose (My Life in Pink), a Belgian film by filmmaker Alain Berliner. It is a warm, startling, funny, and realistic study of what happens when a seven-year-old boy is convinced, beyond all reason and outward evidence to the contrary, that he is really a girl. His certitude is astonishing in one so little, and his gender conviction is so strong that his belief can't be laughed away as the result of a “phase” or an “active imagination
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A Greater Purpose “The theatre was created to tell people the truth about life and the social situation,” says Stella Adler. Theater is unique and intriguing because it blends literary and visual arts to tell a story. Throughout the course, I have learned that understanding aesthetics and sociopolitical history is essential for appreciating and applying theater in the real world. Brechtian and musical theatre styles, such as applying musical theatre in RENT, are effective methods to convey crucial
uses musical theatre to reflect New York City’s East Village in the late 1900s and the historical tensions of labor divisions, segregation, political differences, and social issues under the cheesy and catchy tunes, such as “Seasons of Love” and “La Vie Boheme.” In middle school, I was in a child-friendly version of the musical. Since it was a less provocative and controversial edition, I perceived the musical to be a production of starving artists finding community in New York as they pursue their dreams
Throughout history, countercultures have been present wherever social norms or political actions are conceived as unjust by a group of people. In the spirit of advancement, these groups take stances of resistance and rebellion and oftentimes, heavily rely on the arts to express their opinions and protest the wrongs of society. Through comparison of various counterculture timelines, it can be seen that the development, impact, and resolution of most countercultures occur in similar patterns. It starts
Soutine sets the general tone. A ulcer he found on his ear ended up being a home of bed bugs. "Destitution was an extravagance," said the writer Jean Cocteau of his neighborhood of Montparnasse. The expression "starving artist" was no vanity. La Vie de Bohème may advance on the phase of Puccini's musical drama or in the pages of Henry Murger's nineteenth-century
“The theatre was created to tell people the truth about life and the social situation,” says Stella Adler. Theater is unique and intriguing because it blends literary and visual arts to tell a story. Before Theater 10, I viewed theater on the surface level: cheesy plot lines with dramatic scenarios for entertainment purposes. Throughout the course, I have learned what it means to appreciate theater, such as understanding Brechtian and Chinese theatre; however, I believe understanding theater’s ability
in the contemporary high tech media society, emergent processes of change and transformation are producing a new postmodern society”(Ludena). Works Cited http://www.burningman.com/whatisburningman/lectures/la_vie.html Harvey, Larry, LA VIE BOHÉME — A History of Burning Man February 24, 2000. Ludena, Alicia In Search of the Postmodern http://mural.uv.es/alulla/charact.html Poschardt, Ulf. DJ Culture. Trans. Shaun Whiteside. London: Quartet Books Ltd. 1998. 393
Carmina non dant panem : the misunderstood profession of the artist Introduction This paper explores the matter about the value of culture under the modern economic paradigm, taking into account mostly visual arts. The search, in fact, intents to evaluate how the estimation of art as common good may affect aspiring artists in contemporary society. The objective of this study is to analyse the tensions between arts and economics and the difficulties that for a long time have resulted from the integration
Kirchner Generation X has finally taken out a lease on the future of theatre, and it looks like it is more than able to pay the "Rent" (Coulbourn 43). "Rent" is a musical for our time, for our generation and for generations to come. It has won numerous Tony Awards including best musical, book, score, lyrics, and ensemble performance. This musical is an excellent representation of cultural religion and it has had a profound impact on society both in the 90's and today. "Rent" is not only a