The biddeford city theater is more than just an auditorium for performing arts. There is more behind the scenes. On thursday, December 15, 2016 a group of students from Biddeford Middle School went to Biddeford City theater. They interviewed Mark Nahorney. Nahorney is the president of the theater. He works with his wife, the secretary of the theater. The theater opened in october 1860. On january 20, 1896 the opera house was rebuilt after a raging fire destroyed the building on December 30, 1894. For many years people had performed at the city theater before one evening on halloween night, 1904 when there was an actress named Eva Gray. After a performance of “Goodbye, little girl, goodbye” Gray passed away backstage with her 4 year old daughter …show more content…
The theater is made up of 3 stories . The designs on the ceilings and walls are remade to look like the original designs. In the theater they have a sound booth that emits sound. This makes it so that everyone will hear everything. In the theater they always keep a “ghost light” on, Mark says “it’s just tradition” One of the many shows that the city theater has put on, is called “Next to normal”. Next to normal is a broadway show the the biddeford city theater put on. This play got the city theater nominated for best new actress, best female actress in a musical, best musical, and best director. They are nominated by Broadway world, who doesn’t usually nominate, or give these awards to local theaters. When the theater puts on their plays, most of the time they have actors who don’t get paid, and the plays usually take about 2 months to rehearse. During this field trip the group focusing on how the parking problem in downtown biddeford, affected the businesses they visited. When they went to the city theater Nahorney said that it had affected his business. He has had to pause the show to let people move their cars and has even had to cancel the show. If they ever cancel a show they will loose a lot of
Before the life on Broadway, before famous hit musicals such as the Sweeney Todd, Phantom, Chicago and Annie, that drove people into New York to see America’s professional theatre. The America’s professional theatre was spread throughout the country. In the mid- to late-19th century, actors and managers would put together a company and tours playing for weeks at a time in cities such as Chicago, San Francisco and they also performed in little towns along the way. But then came the Theatrical Syndicate, which was often referred to as “The Syndicate.” Which composed of six men that would change the United States theatre forever.
The theatres in Chicago have a very vast and interesting history. Starting in the 1920’s, it has been around for a long time. Stephen Schwartz once said “I've heard it said that people come into our lives for a reason bringing something we must learn and we are led to those who help us most to grow if we let them and we help them in return”(goodreads.com). Broadway can help teach people morales. Broadway is one of the most exciting parts of downtown Chicago. Broadway in Chicago is undoubtedly less recognized then what it should be due to its talent and national status.
The town was especially quiet and no one walked into the town. People in the town close the doors and shuttered the windows as if it was a ghost town. I was wondering if the people here could be filled with hundreds of seats. However, the day of our opening ceremony, the audiences were packed the theater. I was wondering where these people jumped
England was split into two worlds during Elizabeth's reign. There was the world of Whitehall (The Court) and the world of the country. The country saw the establishment of the Puritan tradition. The Puritans were essentially anti-culture and were considered enemies of art and popular culture, the Puritans believed in piety, austerity and sobriety not only in dressing but also in manners. Thus they were driving people weary and making them long for a change and seek entertainment and pleasure.
It all began the previous summer. Lana, being a huge Broadway enthusiast, saved up enough money to buy tickets for BroadwayCon, which was a Broadway convention. There were no words that could describe how ecstatic she felt as she entered the building. Show tunes filled the air. To her right, Patti Lupone was signing autographs. To her left, they were selling Broadway merchandise. Up ahead, Lin-Manuel Miranda was performing “My Shot” from Hamilton. There were people sharing their different musical obsessions everywhere. Lana was truly in heaven.
The Orpheum Theater is one of the oldest buildings in the down-town area of Sioux City. Its character and prominence in the city has converted various times over its 80-plus years of being. It began as the state’s only grand theater in 1927 during a time of huge economic growth and prosperity for Sioux City. As hardship and the desire to build new rather than replace old hit the city in the 1960s and again in the early 1980s, the Orpheum’s prominence in Sioux City culture and commerce waned dramatically when it was turned into a crude split-screen movie theater and finally closed in the early 1990s. The patterns of urban growth and decay have had a large impact on the fate of the theater, making the history of the Orpheum Theater an insight into the history of Sioux City.
Bay City Times 15 Aug. 2008: A1: Print. LaLonde, Pati. “State Theater will offer one last look at its past.” Bay City Times 8 May 2008: A1.
This is about what happened in The Opera House in Paris. The Opera House, which was begun to build in 1861 and finished 1875 year for seven million francs, had 17 floors, ten of them were above ground and seven of them were under ground. That mysterious event happened in 1880 year.
Over the course of 146 years the Victoria Theater as it is known as today has had many different names. Rebuilt in 1871 as Music Hall, by 1885 it had become known as the Grand Opera House (Watson). It later became the Victoria Opera House, and was renamed the Victoria Theatre in 1901 (Watson). In the year 1919 it was re-opened as the Victory theatre after yet another fire struck. “The Victory Theatre”- a name commemorating the American war effort and its result (Wikipedia). The building was sold to the Arts Center foundation in 1990. For the last time the Theater changes its name...
The Music Man made interesting use of the technical aspects of theatre. Sound was used appropriately, as music from the monitors did not overpower the voices of the actors. Lights, however, did not leave any sort of impression on me. Hardly any lights were utilized to enhance the mood were present. This caused for less emphasization on spectacle than what would be expected of such a dramatic play. Although, intricate costumes and set made up for the dull lighting techniques.
The director’s concept was again realized in a very creative and simple way. The stage crew did not have time to literally place trees on the stage, or to paint a border that elaborate—the light made the slatted walls look real and really allowed the audience to become a part of the experience.
When the lights come up the audience is immediately thrown into an old and dingy movie theatre complete with popcorn strewn across the floor. It is within this set that deep social commentary is made throughout the
Eugene Ellsworth built the opera house in 1899. The Opera house could seat 800 people before the renovation that split the theater
Today though, it is more likely that children will not necessarily be involved with the stories portrayed as part of this scheme. Unfortunately, when it is mentioned today, people recall their theatre and education experience to be people coming to their school and performing a small show about, brushing your teeth or crossing the road with minimal audience participation. Society seems to have come to a standstill regarding whether theatre can be used in education. The mistake here is that theatre and education are being viewed as two separate entities instead of as one powerful educative tool. Theatre in education is not just a drama lesson with the intention of teaching children how to display different emotions on demand or act out characters that they have no emotional ties to. This misconception may be what fuels the argument regarding its importance as part of a school curriculum. Even though Augusto Boal may not have initially intended forum theatre for educating children, it is a clever and exciting way to get them involved in political and societal issues early on in life. It can also be adapted to help with the teaching or other subjects. Boal himself, stressed the importance of using warm-up exercises and games to get people ready to participate in anything especially forum theatre and these games can be adapted to work in a classroom
My experience watching a live theatre performance on stage was a fascinating one, most especially since it was my first time. I attended a staged performance of “The History Boys” in a small theatre called “The Little Theatre of Alexandria” at 8:00 pm on Wednesday June 8, 2016 in Alexandria, Virginia. The overall production of the play was a resounding experience for me particularly the performance of the actors and the design of the scene made the play seem real.