On a cold, brisk Tuesday night, I attended the musical called Urinetown by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis. Urinetown was held in Rowand-Johnson Hall, at the Marian Gallaway Theatre. As I quickly walked in the entrance, I noticed that people were wearing casual attire. I gave the usher my ticket and walked to my seat. This time my seat was located up at the front so I had a great view of the stage. This particular theatre is my favorite, it is very open and you can see from every seat. This musical
Urinetown was a humorous play at times with socially relevant themes. Kotis and Hollmann imagined a dark and disrupted community that was controlled by a corrupt government and eventually overthrown. Current social forces such as corruption, environmental issues, and corporate control may have shaped their feelings. Our characters of Public Amenity 9 live in a society controlled by an unethical company who has privatized toilet use due to a 20 year drought. Because of this our characters are faced
My favorite scene was the Urinetown scene with Officer Lockstock and Company. The reason this was my favorite scene was because this scene introduced the audience to the major characters in the play like Hope, Bobby Strong, Officer Lockstock, Little Sally, Penelope Pennywise, and the people of Urinetown. Also this was the only time the actors used the entire theatre during the performance and the only scene where
Urinetown: The Musical was held at a quaint theatre in Austin by the name The City Theatre. It is in production August 15 through September 7th at 7:30 pm. Greg Kotis originally wrote this play, with music written by Mark Hollman; both wrote the lyrics. The Production Director for this rendition was Marco Bazan; Cathie Sheridan was the Music Director. Both did a spectacular job of conducting production’s comedic intensity. Urinetown was originally written in the 1990s when Kotis was traveling
Many authors utilise literary devices to evoke emotions in the the reader, such as joy or sadness. These devices help the audience relate to the story, enhancing their overall viewing experience. Shakespeare appeared as an author who often used such literary devices, especially in his play in Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare’s use of metaphor and dramatic iron enhance his audience’s viewing pleasure by revealing the possessive nature of Romeo and Juliet’s relationship and hinting at the deaths of the
I am lucky enough to be a part of Urinetown as the understudy for Penelope Pennywise and Josephine Strong. I have had a unique perspective of the show because I participated in pre-production, watched nearly every rehearsal, and even performed as Pennywise in front of an audience. I have witnessed first-hand how hard all of the actors and members of production team have worked. Being an understudy in this production has been one of the most enriching, stressful, rewarding, trying, and incredible
The West Side Story is 1960s romantic musical tragedy film by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. The film is an adaptation of the 1950s Broadway musical of the same name, which was inspired by William Shakespeare’s stage act, Romeo and Juliet. It includes Broadway professionals like Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, and George Chakiris, and was pictured by Daniel L. Fapp and the A.S.C. It was released on October 18, 1961. The musical received very high praise from critics and
The period between early 1940s to mid-1960s or so, alternatively, the period between when the musical Oklahoma! (1943) was produced till the time when Hair (1968) was produced, is usually referred to as the Golden Age of the American musical (Kantor, 2010). It is during this period, that most of the noted titles such as “Carousel”, “South Pacific” etc. were produced. 1940s and early 1950s were dominated thoroughly by MGM musicals, while the late 1950s and 1960s belonged to Broadway. Initially, the
conclusion that while the great American musical may no longer be sustained, there is a significant amount of change that has occurred in Broadway Musical Theatre since the golden age. This is evident in shows such as, The Full Monty, The Producers, Urinetown, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Hairspray that all broke the social constructs of what a musical should and could be. Many of them contain traditional Broadway musical elements but have been adapted from movies, taking on an original spoof, turning
One of the Musical theatre’s greatest songwriters, Tom Jones once wrote, “It is clear that musical theatre is changing. No one knows where it is going. Perhaps it is not going to one place but to many.” (Making Musicals: An informal introduction to the World of Musical Theatre) Musical theatre, from its modest beginnings to the Great Broadway known to many today has affected a wide array of people and places. While it may have not always been labeled as such, the art of interspersing acting