Musical Theatre History

The story and emotional content of a musical: humor, pathos, love, anger. Although musical theatre overlaps with other theatrical forms like opera and dance, it may be distinguished from these by the equal importance given to the music, dialogue, movement and other elements. Since the beginning of the 20th century, musical theatre stage works have been called, simply, musicals. Music has been a major player in dramatic presentations since the ancient times, but modern Western musical theatre emerged in the 19th century. Some of the first types of musicals included Ballad Operas, Burlesques (popular during the Victorian era), English comic opera, and musical comedy. These various types of musicals have been morphed into what we know today as

Since the musical play was opened up to the public, every type of person was there. Students who attend the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, young children, teens, elderly people, mothers and fathers were all in attendance of Pippi Longstocking. I even remember seeing a little girl sitting near me in the audience who was dressed like Pippi Longstocking. She was even wearing an orange wig with the crazy pigtails. After the performers would sing a song, the audience would clap immediately in approval. This is very different from a musical recital, where all praise and clapping is to be held until the very end of the performance. Once the musical play ended, the entire cast of actors and actresses bowed, just like what would happen at any other performing arts event. The audience enjoyed the performance so much that we all clapped for approximately thirty seconds, and a lot of people in the audience even stood up to show that they thought the musical play was extremely worthy of

The performance lasted an hour and a half, and that time completely flew. I found myself to be engaged along with the rest of the audience. I expected the performers to be mediocre, but they impressed me by how wonderful they were at acting out their parts. The girl that played Pippi Longstocking (Bailey Keith) was such a good actress, and I could not help but laugh every time she would speak her lines. She acted so childish and chipper, just as Pippi Longstocking would if she were a real person. I really expected to hate having to attend this performance, especially since I went by myself. Surprisingly, I had a fun time. In the middle of March, the North Caroline Theatre for Young People is planning to present James and the Giant Peach. Normally, I would not plan to ever attend an event like this ever again. I do, however, plan to attend this musical play. I might even bring my little cousin and my grandmother along with me. I have known that the University of North Carolina at Greensboro is recognized as a top performing arts school, but I did not expect the acting to be at such a high level. I have also attended various musical recitals on campus, and I have also been extremely impressed with them, too. Although I have never seen a dance event here at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, I plan to attend one very soon. I hope that my expectations will be exceeded once