March 6th, 2018 I saw the longest running Broadway musical, Chicago. I have seen the movie that is based on the musical and really enjoyed it so I did have some high expectations for this show. I am happy to say that I was not disappointed, it really was an amazing show with all the glitz and glamor of Cook County jail. The way the whole show was set up and how they decided to incorporate the pit bad with the stage was amazing and the actors and actresses really were fantastic. The main characters of the show are Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly who both are murders looking for fame through their crimes. They both aspire to be vaudevillians and have their own show with their name in lights. Velma and Roxie’s lawyer is Billy Flynn who finesses his …show more content…
I think the play has many different themes throughout the show that make it so unique. The very prominent theme is just the “I want” moments. Roxie and Velma want all the fame and fortune that go along with being a murderess. Even before they were in jail they wanted to be famous. Roxie longs to live the underground jazz lifestyle away from her husband Amos. Velma wanted to be a huge success with her show with her husband and sister. But, neither of their hopes worked out. Now that they see the fam they can have with being a murderer they want it so bad. Billy Flynn wants to keep his reputation as a lawyer by successfully getting his clients out of jail. He goes through so much to get Roxie’s story straight and lie his way into the jury believing Roxie is a good person when she really isn’t. So, all together I really think the show is all about how people will do anything to get the notoriety they think they deserve. Roxie and Velma especially go beyond to achieve their goal of being famous with their own show. Though they don’t agree right away to join each other in the end they finally have a show with each other showing us that even though they aren’t great people they fought hard to achieve their
The first main character is Samantha Keyes, also known as Sammy. Sammy has a great personality. She's very spunky,creative and curious about everything. She will always try to invest into something and learn more about it. She lives with her grandma, because her mom went to hollywood to try to become successful as an actor. She has some really close friends, like Dot and Marissa, but a lot of people at school don’t get her and make fun of her. The next main character is Ritas Keyes or “Grams”, Sammy's grandmother. Sammy
She is heartwarming as a soft gentle breeze; she soothes your soul like Mama’s chicken noodle soup. In 1837, she became a city; Chicago is her name, the third largest city in the United States. Chicago rests on 237 square miles of land along the border of Lake Michigan. If you are searching for adventure, cultural events, and festivals Chicago is the place to be. Nicknamed the Windy City, the city with big Shoulders the late singer Frank Sinatra best describes Chicago in one of his songs, as his kind of town. Chicago’s summers are magnificent on a hot sultry summer night nothing is better than walking along 15 miles of beaches, the lakefront, or strolling thru Grant Park, pausing in front of Buckingham fountain while the cool breeze from the lake and the mist from the lighted fountain can cool the body off.
Every morning on my way to school I often pick up the Red Eye newspaper and read the latest news happening in Chicago. As I skim the pages I often see a section that shows the homicide tracker in the city of Chicago. This section of the newspaper shows numerous of deaths occurred in a month in a specific area. Consequently, similar to this homicide tracker on the newspaper the following articles have about the same homicide stories that have occurred in the city of Chicago years ago. In the book The Devil in the White City by Eric Larson illustrates the dreadful events about crime, violence, and illness all leading to death; The Coldest Case: The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre by Jonathan Eig describes a tragic murder of six men by the mob making Chicago seen as a gangland murder capital; The Untouchables by Eliot Ness tells the conflict Eliot Ness experienced trying to put the gangster Al Capone out of business, and For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz Age Chicago by Simon Baatz retells the case of judge Clarence Darrow which was to defend two boys of receiving the death penalty. The combination of these three stories shows serious issues such as crime, corruption and violence that are plaguing Chicago.
I have been to many different concerts throughout my life but this year I experienced two exceptionally unique ___ that I had never seen before. The first one was a spectacular chamber recital that took place at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performed by pianist Yefim Bronfman and violist-violinist Pinchas Zukerman. The program included Schubert's Violin Sonatina No. 2 in A Minor, Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 7 in C Minor, and Brahms’ Viola Sonata No. 1 in F Minor. The second was a performance by the notable quartet “Anonymous 4” presented by the Universality of Chicago at the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. The program included a series of medieval French motets from the 13th Century French polyphony, taken from the Montpellier Codex. The two performances were extremely different in nature and but at the same time very similar in what they were trying to achieve. For instance, while the first concert consisted entirely of an instrumental performance, the other was exclusively vocal. However, both were able to bring to life great examples of iconic artists from our past. I left both c...
Gary is not just the butthole of Indiana- it's the butthole of Illinois, the USA, and I'd argue the rest of the world as well. To imagine just how terrible Gary is, visualize the grand city of Chicago. It's nowhere near perfect, and is on the decline, but still has fantastic neighborhoods and is home to millions. Now, make the city 10-15 times smaller, remove every skyscraper and notable landmark from your imagined skyline, double the number of factories, and add a distinct, disgusting smell that needs one single word to describe it: Gary. Not only is that the name of your smell, it's the name of the armpit you just created.
I’m going to Chicago’s pride parade for the fifth time tomorrow and it seems like a great time to officially come out. It’s definitely past due. So, since I’m tired of hiding who I am, here’s your official notice that I am definitely not straight! I’ve known this for a few years now and I’m in a long-term relationship with a woman who I love, but I’ve been very private about my queerness and relationship, largely due to some serious self-shame and a worry that if I came out publicly I would disappoint certain people. I’ve been hiding who I am for way too long though and it has caused a huge amount of stress and anxiety for me. It’s taken a long time for me to get here, but I’m hoping this will lift a humongous weight off my chest.
The early 20th century saw a great transformation in cultural and social norms in America. It was a time of emerging industrialization and rapid social changes in urban society. This new age called for economic and cultural changes in the way society worked and played. Technology played a large role in the transformation, and this was evidenced through the expansion of entertainment in the form of increasingly extravagant amusement parks. While the evolution was taking place in many areas of the country, it was no more evident than with the famous amusement parks of Coney Island which became iconic symbols of the social changes of the era.
The theme of the play has to do with the way that life is an endless cycle. You're born, you have some happy times, you have some bad times, and then you die. As the years pass by, everything seems to change. But all in all there is little change. The sun always rises in the early morning, and sets in the evening. The seasons always rotate like they always have. The birds are always chirping. And there is always somebody that has life a little bit worse than your own.
The poem that I am doing my reading response on is called Chicago and it was written by Carl Sandburg in 1914. In the poem Carl talks about the streets of Chicago and describes the hardship of the streets. Carl also describes the people who live in Chicago and how they are appreciative, dedicated and sometimes do jobs and other tasks they do not practically enjoy or like just to make a living. Carl uses a lot of dramatic imagery throughout the entire poem that way he can characterize some of the situations in the poem.
The characters are those same characters you see when you go to your local carnival and pay five dollars to see their unique features. There is the Bearded Lady/Ethel Darling (Kathy Bates), her lobster-handed son Jimmy Darling (Evan Peters), the three- breasted woman/Desiree Dupree (Angela Bassett), and her husband, the strongman/Dell Toledo (Michael Chiklis). There are also some real characters that have real deformities. For example Ma Petite (Jyoti Amge) and Amazon Eve (Erika Ervin) are real women who actually are two feet tall and seven feet tall. There are also conjoined twins, Bette and Dot (Sarah Paulson). They have a murderous clown killing each one of the freaks one by one. If you are afraid of clowns, I recommend you not to watch Twisty (John Carroll Lynch). There is also Twisty’s protege, Dandy (Finn Wittrock), who follows in Twisty’s footsteps. Jessica Lange reappears again as the owner of the carnival, Elsa Mars. Mars has a love and protective streak when it comes to the freaks. The episodes show the demons and the pressures that weigh down on the workers of the carnival. You get to see how they are exploited and forced to do things because of their differences compared to normal society. This season was fun, artistic, horrifying, and completely
One external conflict that gives us great insight to the theme of the play is between Olive and Pearl. You could say that olive represents the illusion of the Dream that is known as the layoff season, whereas Pearl symbolizes reality.
The theme of the play, other than touching on the disillusionment of the American dream for the younger generation, and a robotic-like acceptance of the evolved "capitalized" version by the older generation, is that each of the characters in the play, like each of us in real life, are destined to struggle through our own personal hell, a struggle that we face alone "It becomes clear that each character is engaged in an isolated struggle through a personal hell" (Murphy 1113). The plot centers around George and Martha's p...
The story of this show revolves Ted Moseby who is an architect. Who is married and telling his kids about his life adventures with his friends based in Manhattan. He also tells his children the story of how he met their mother who we have never seen in the program.
The lead characters in the series are Richard Kane and Florentyna Rosnovski. Rosnovski is Abel’s daughter and a Polish immigrant, who just like her father has a dream for a better future, and a belief in human ideals such as equality and opportunity for all, which the United States promises. Richard Kane was born the son of a banking magnate and as such, he has enjoyed utmost luxury for most of his childhood and adult life. Nonetheless, he is a handsome and successful man in his own right who is determined to expand his horizons and build a future with a special woman. But a blood feud fueled by deception and betrayal through the generations reaches out from the past, threatening to destroy all that Richard and Florentyna have worked
The basic plot of the play is about everyone being confused and tricked. Marlow is very shy and timid around women of the same and upper class to him, yet when talking to lower classes he is loud and often rude. Tony, Mrs Hardcastle...