I went and saw the musical "Guys and Dolls" on May 8th, 2014. The musical was preformed at Holy cross high school. "Guys and Dolls" features music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and is based off a book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. The book is based on Damon Runyon’s tales of Broadway, and uses characters from across his work.
Three gangsters open the show singing “Fugue for Tin Horns”, as they bet on the outcome of the daily races. They are interrupted by the arrival of the Save-a-Soul Mission led by Sarah Brown who call the gambling sinners to follow her so they can be saved. Nicely-Nicely Johnson and Benny Southstreet (Nathan's partners) are awaiting the news of their employer Nathan Detroit to deliver the goods on an illegal crap game held around the city. They are desperately looking for a new place for the game to be held, and are hoping Nathan comes bringing news of the new location. Nathan sets a bet with Sky Masterson that he can’t find a Doll to take to Havana with him and chooses Sarah Brown as the subject of the bet. He is determined to win the bet and her affection.
Meeting Sarah at the mission Sky offers her dinner in Havana in return for twelve genuine sinners to boost her failing mission that is threatened to close. He tells her that “I’ll Know” when he falls in love, kissing her and in return getting slapped. Nathan visits the Hot Box nightclub to watch his long suffering fiancé of 14 years Adelaide perform with her girls. She asks him when will they be getting married and is angry that Nathan is still involved with gambling. She consults a medical book that tells her that her constant cold is brought on by her need to be married.
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...ings. Sarah, coincidently, runs into Adelaide and they share tips about resolving their pre-marital problems. Some time later, Nathan prepares to marry Adelaide at the mission, just as Sky and Sarah have been married and Sky leads the mission band.
The musical is full of upbeat and and almost jazzy music including: "Follow the Fold" Sarah sings to the sinners, "The Oldest Established" sung when they are looking for a place to hold the crap game, "A Bushel and a Peck" Adeline preform sat the nightclub when Nathan visits her, "Guys and Dolls" when the boys are watching Sky continue to bother Sarah, and "If I Were A Belle" Sarah sings in Havana after she kisses Sky. I personally found the play to be very well excited. Most all the charters really committed to their rolls and were very believable. The set was nicely designed. The signing was beautifully sung, as well.
The musical was performed in the Cumberland Hall Auditorium at Fayetteville Technical Community College. It
The beat and resonance of the music is very slow and soothing. It immediately sets up a sad mood. The music also manages to create a lonely and sympathetic atmosphere, which carries on throughout the play. The music only plays at significant times in the monologue as the tone of music needs to fit the mood and subject of which Doris is talking about at that moment, i.e. when Doris reminisces on the good times the music becomes lighter; but when she talks about the death of John the pace of the music slows and becomes duller. The use of music alone can form an overwhelming sympathy if appropriately used.
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He had a unique and beautiful writing style, often described as being ahead of its time, and an entertaining vocabulary that he used to develop his stories. However, it would be several long years of trial and error before their vision came to pass. Although known today for being a hilarious and witty comedy, Feuer and Martin’s original intention was for Guys and Dolls to be a serious romantic story, similar to South Pacific. Frank Loesser was quickly chosen as the composer and lyricist for the production, however it would take going through eleven librettists before the original vision was reconsidered.
In conclusion, Sal and Phoebe mature over the course of the book. Their struggles help mold them into who they are as a person. The two girls help grow each other in different ways. As Sal tells Phoebe’s story to her grandparents, Sal realizes that when her mom disappears she reacts similar to how Phoebe reacts to her mom’s disappearance. In Phoebe’s story, Sal comes along and uses her past experiences to help Phoebe get through the devastating struggles. Phoebe and Sal learn to use past experiences, good or bad, to mature into a better person.
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The literary work, A Doll’s House, was written by Henrik Ibsen and has been a historical work of literature since the late 1800’s. There are many themes through out the story that impose the different ideals of the 1870’s. Many of the characters reflect the time period through the positions they hold, the activities they do, as well as how they behave and act. Torvald Helmer and his wife Nora traditionally represent the upper-middle class in the way they present themselves, what types of activities they engage in, as well as what they do as an everyday task.
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