The show is inspired by Maria Von Trapp and her family of Austrian origin, who became famous after fleeing their home country and becoming a touring musical ensemble. Director Vincent J. Donehue first gained inspiration for the musical from Maria Von Trapps memoir “The Trapp Family Singers”, along with the 1956 German film “The Trapp Family.”1, which was the first piece of work to tell the story of the family and slightly fictionalize it. With the thought of putting his good friend Mary Martin, a popular star of the time, in the leading role, Donehue enlisted the help of producers Leland Hayward and Richard Halliday (Martin’s husband). Ironically, they originally planned to create the show as a straight play with the exception of some Von-Trapp songs, and a couple of original numbers by Rodgers and Hammerstein. They quickly realized however, that to not musicalize the whole show would be next to impossible; thus sparking the creation of a full-fledged musical. While the show is based on... , their true story is far from the classic show known and loved by many. As most golden-age musicals go, the story is optimistic, and paints the picture of a perfect family who end up living happily ever after together; but the real Von Trapp’s did not lead the most cheerful of lives. In actuality, Maria was the real disciplinarian of the house, while the Captain maintained a more laid back approach to things. Maria was known to have an uncontrollable temper, and even used electro-therapy shock on one of the children, who never fully recovered from it. The Captains fortune-the majority of which was inherited from his first wife-was almost completely diminished during the worldwide Great Depression; which in turn forced the family to rent out ... ... middle of paper ... ...shed during the worldwide Great Depression; which in turn forced the family to rent out parts of their home to travelers and students. Their career as a family chorus began then, essentially as a last resort to create a larger source of income. Not long after establishing themselves as performers, requests to sing at Nazi affiliated events were flowing in, and the Captain was offered a position to command a submarine in Nazi Germany. While the Captain does abstain from this position in the musical, their escape did not involve running into the mountains with instruments, but rather leaving on a train to Switzerland. Soon after, an American agent arranged travel plans for them to escape the war in Europe and begin a national tour in the US. In addition to all this, there were ten children instead of seven, and their names, ages, and sexes were all changed. The show
Other than trying to make it day to day at their company Frank is one of the things these three ladies have in common. Frank is their sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical, bigot of a boss. He lusts after most of the women under his authority at the office but has taken a special liking to Doralee, who despises him. Though despicable as a man he has just been promoted to Head of that division. He has a loving wife who ends up divorcing him to be with one of his associates. He gets another promotion and has to leave the country, he is never to be heard from again.
The story begins in “Catfish Row” a small coastal town based on the real town of Cabbage Row in Charleston, South Carolina during the 1920’s. The main protagonist of the story and leading man is Porgy, a disabled beggar man who is known for riding his goat cart around Charleston. Bess is the leading lady of the opera and is in an unhealthy relationship with Crown, a powerful, violent, alcoholic, short-tempered stevedore (dockworker). Act I starts with a lullaby being sang to a small baby by a young mother named Clara, as she sings the men of Catfish Row prepare for a crap game, prior to the game, Crown purchases whisky and Cocaine from the Sportin’ Life, the local drug dealer of the town, during the crap game, Crown who is very drunk kills a local man named Robbins, Crown flees Catfish Row and leaves Bess to fend for herself. Sportin’ Life who is attracted to Bess, he gives her cocaine and asks her to join him in New York, Bess refuses and is now alone, she has no where to go, she is rejected by all of the Catfish Row resident, all except for Porgy who takes her in. A funeral takes place for Robbins, Serena, Robbins’ wife acts very coldly towards Bess when she offers her donation to help pay for Robbins’s funeral cost until Bess explains that she is no longer with Crown, and now lives with Porgy. Soon after, a detective enters and tells Serena that if...
The article “ In Defense of “Trap Queen” as our generation’s Greatest Love Song” by Hanif Abdurraqib, who is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio, writes about todays modern “love song’s” and their meanings. Hanif believes that todays modern generation love songs are not the same as they once were, because the meaning of love has evolved over time. Love songs have a different kind of passion then the once did, they have evolved the passion of love towards each other to a whole different level of passion. The meaning of a love song has changed its not all about only love towards someone, its changed to the love for the life style they live with the success they 've made to be where they are. This life style involving money, drugs. and sex, which is very blunt about how they describe it, is what “love” is to them and the young crowd
In 1965, The Sound of Music won the 38th Academy Awards for Best Picture. Julie Andrews stars in another heartwarming musical. This time, she plays Maria, the tomboyish postulant. The story is based on the real life account of the Von Trapp Family singers. A family that is most popular in the time immediately preceding World War II.
Chicago is an American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. Set in Prohibition-era Chicago, the musical is based on a 1926 play of the same name by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins about actual criminals and crimes she reported on. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of the "celebrity criminal." Fred Ebb explains: “So I made it [Chicago] a vaudeville based on the idea that the characters were performers. Every musical moment in the show was loosely modeled on someone else: Roxie was Helen Morgan, Velma was Texas Guinan, Billy Flynn was Ted Lewis, Mama Morton was Sophie Tucker,” (Kander, Ebb, and Lawrence 127). Velma indeed is a reincarnation of Texas Guinan who “acted as hostess…for the entertainment…she was also a born press agent, constantly inventing stories and promoting herself,” (Slide 218). Roxie’s “Funny Honey” Amos is eerily reminiscent of Helen Morgan’s “Bill” from Kern and Hammerstein’s 1927 classic Showboat. Amos, too, in his “Mr. Cellophane” number, imitates Ziegfeld Follies star Bert Williams’ iconic hit “Nobody” “right down to Williams’ famous costume of oversized clothes and white gloves,” (Miller).
Trap music plays nificance role in music because it gave rap and hip hop a new sound that was entertain too listing too and impacts communities. Trap music is young musicians and rappers who find themselves in systemically abused by its being there upbringing or skin color. Sometimes people think trap music artist lack intellect and maturity due their unique sound and cruel lyrics is total false what trap music due is help musicians explain what going on in their communities to a wider and national audience. Trap music is movtaition to a lot of people due to the fact they have rappers that come from the same background and making a successfully life for them selves while sharing on how they had to overcame the situations that they was in
Musical theatre is a type of theatrical performance combining music, dance, acting and spoken dialogue. Written by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, ‘West Side Story’ is a classic American musical based on William Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’. The through-composed score and lyrics are used to portray different characters and their cultures, the rivalry between the Jets and Sharks, and the emotions felt as the story progresses. This essay will be exploring the music and how effective the score is in realising the world and characters of the musical. Furthermore, it will discuss how Bernstein and Sondheim relate characters’ diverse ethnicities to particular musical ideas and motifs.
The choreography kept things interesting and the dances in a musical can make or break the performance. Overall, Cherie and Abby did an amazing job directing each person to have a place among a crowded stage. Last but not least, the costumes! 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 they are in.
What is Art? Some say it's a bunch of drawings. Other could say it's a form of creativity. However, to me art is merely an artist's thought, imagination and feelings converted into their work. Early famous work such as Van Gogh " The Starry Night", shows these traits. This painting seems to show the artist's twisted mind, his thoughts and imagination as he spends his time in an asylum. These traits aren't however just limited to paintings. They could also be shown in books or graphic novels like "Hip Hop Family Tree". In "Hip Hop Family Tree" by Ed Piskor, the author converts these traits into characters. Since the character is based off on the people in real life, the author has used his mind and imagination to portray as if the character were alive. One of the characters "Fab Five Freddy", is an example. Fab Five Freddy wasn't just all about hip hop. He was also an artist. He and a couple of other artists are the ones who gave birth to street art which is important in the 1970's. He expressed art through graffiti. People may view graffiti as dirty and an violation, but to Freddy, it was real art along with hip hop. I feel like Freddy and I have similar thoughts. People tend to give painting too much credit. They praise it as it was the best form of art. But what about
Family life was hard and time-consuming, during the 1930’s. Loretta Lynn, born the first child of her seven siblings in 1932. Her parents, Ted and Clara Webb, raised the family in Butcher Holler, Kentucky. During this time, Loretta and her family budgeted tightly, sharing the countries financial crisis. Centered around Butcher Holler, Kentucky, the movie depicted insights what coal mining families experienced do the little they had. The movie showed many houses made of wood and mud. This parallel Loretta states “it was a very nice and insolated house, but annual repairs were mandatory” (Loretta Lynn 34). This financial struggle pointed to the “coal mining operation; affected by the British companies invested coal in the Unites States companies” (European Union para. 1). Not receiving a higher pay due the massive production of coal mining, families were tight resource users. Even the film portrayed a scene shows the Webb family getting brand new pairs of shoes and the excitement they had. One song that Loretta wrote, she said they only got one pair of shoes a year. Kids went the summer without shoes, and getting new ones when winter approached. However, even though the Webb...
There are many examples where there have been disagreements in this play. To start off, the home lives have shown the siblings’ rivalry. The conflicts between adults, marriage problems, and “favoritism” between parents and children have proved that there have been problems at home for an immense part of history. This play also shows greediness for many adults today. There are many assumptions that the only problems of this depressing time period is where people only worried about Nazis. Falsely understood, there was much more to worry about; such as money, food, safe places, families, and health. The Diary of Anne Frank has shown many home lives relatively
The Wednesday of the spring trip finally arrived and the band couldn’t hold in their excitement. Parents checked out most of their kids early so that they could go home and pack. At Six PM the busses arrived and the loading crew began to stuff the undercarriage of the motor coaches with suitcases and duffle bags along with the many horns and
The Sound of Music is a timeless classic that has captivated the attention of many ages. Based off the beginning events of Maria von Trapp’s book The Story of the Von Trapp Family Singers, the overall view of the Von Trapp family in the film is kept intact. Maria Augusta Kutschera joined the family in 1926 as a tutor to the children and later married their father, former Navy officer, Georg von Trapp. As World War II progressed, the family became more well known for their musical talent, which was the focus of The Sound of Music. However, the film includes only a part of the story of the Von Trapp family.
thesis of how the musical brought our inner child out to realize our true struggles in life.
The musical selections and songs that were sung told a story and narrated the almost the entire film, as is expected in...