As always, there are a wide variety of performances being played across Broadways 39 Theatres. There are 5 shows playing currently that are incredibly hot right now. Each show has played 8 times and have each raked in over $1,000,000. The tallies look like this:
Wicked $ 1,458,664
West Side Story $ 1,191,832
Billy Elliot: The Musical $ 1,158,561
The Lion King $ 1,128,044
Jersey Boys $ 1,037,565
Remember, these totals are all after 8 shows a piece. Thats saying that the ticket prices are around $100 and that each performance has brought in over $125,000 which is a tremendous amount if you ask me. I have seen that a lot of other people have talked about the show "Wicked" in their blogs and I've never heard about it, but now that I see its been the most productive too, I am interested in it and have done some research on it. Its about a story of two girls in the Land of Oz. One born with green skin, is smart, and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious, and very popular. Its a musical by Stephen Scwartz that is based on a novel by Gregory Maquire. The musical takes a look at how these unlikely friends end up as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch. Joe Mantello directs it, and "Wicked" is the winner of 3 2004 Tony Awards.
The other show that is up on top of the list with sales that I would like to see is "West Side Story." I haven't seen it since we watched the movie in middle school, like 10 years ago and I forget much of it. I remembered it was about 2 gangs, and it had a cheesy knife stabbing scene in it. That's all I could remember so I looked it up again. Its directed by two-time Tony Award winner Arthur Laurents. Matt Cavenaugh stars as Tony the main character, with Josefina Scaglione as Maria the other main character, Karen Olivo as Anita, and Cody Green as Riff. The show transports this musical tragedy to the streets of the Upper West Side in 1950's New York City. The two lovers, Tony and Maria, find themselves caught between the rival street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds, the "Jets" and the "Sharks." The show features a book by Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The original Jerome Robbins choreography will be restaged by Tony Award nominee Joey McKneely. I don't know any of these names besides Stephen Sondheim, of course, but everywhere I look, I see Tony Award or an award of some sort, so it has to be good. Also, this production has an onstage cast of 37 and 30 musicians in the orchestra pit. That sounds like it would be a great show to attend with so many performers and musicians. This show has been out for so long I wonder if it has that kind of income every time they feature it. If so they make a lot of money off of it.
The information I found was all from Theatermania.com where you can also buy the tickets from. For all the shows I mentioned, they are somewhere around $80 to $150 from what I saw. I've never seen any of these as a live show, but from what I have been reading about these top 5, any of them seem like good candidates even if you've never been to one. Unfortunately, right now I'm a poor college student so I won't be able to attend a show of this calibur yet.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Theatre Profile
The Theatre that interested me the most into talking about is The Globe theater.
History
The Globe Theatre was an early English theatre in London where most of William Shakespeare's plays were first presented. It was built in 1599 by two brothers, Richard and Cuthbert Burbage, who named , The Theatre. In the winter of 1598, the lease on The Theatre was due to expire because of an increase in rent. The Burbage brothers decided to demolish the building piece by piece, ship the pieces across the Thames River to Southwark, London on the south bank, and rebuild it there. The reconstructed theatre was completed in 1599 and was renamed The Globe. The shares of the new building were divided among the Burbage brothers and William Shakespeare, who had been one of the leading players of the Lord Chamberlain's Men, a popular group of actors, since late 1594. The Globe can hold about 2000 people and was once thought to be able to hold 3000.
Education
Not only do professionals perform at The Globe but plays all year around contain over a total of 100,000 students and teachers performing in them. From October to March they can experience the relationship between play and playground for themselves as they take to the Globe stage. The Globe stage is a central part of all courses for undergraduates, graduates and summer schools for teachers. A range of events for families are offered throughout the year. Lectures, seminars and staged readings for the general public provide historical and theatrical contexts for Shakespeare’s plays and playhouse. A research library and performance archive is open by appointment and research seminars are regularly held for post-graduate students and scholars. The Globe is an open house and is open to all.
Why "The Globe" appeals to me
The reason why The Globe appeals to me is probably the same reason why it would appeal to anyone else. The History of The Globe is so interesting I like to read about it. The fact that it was built, torn down into sections, carried some distance across a river, and rebuilt is just phenomenal. Accomplishing such a task nowadays would probably be a ridiculously hard task to do let along trying to tear a theatre down into sections and rebuilding it in 1598-99. I can only imagine how or what they used to carry the sections and drag them. Also, it said that the lease was expired in the winter of 1598 and the Theatre was torn down and rebuilt in 1599 which means all that happened in less than a year. This is over 400 years ago that they did this, I can't believe they even knew how to build a theatre back then in the first place.
Types of Material
When the globe puts on a performance, they must really go all out. I checked out their performances for the next 3 months and their are only 3 of them. The 2 currently playing right now are "Romeo and Juliet" and "The Frontline" and one that's playing in about a month and a half is "As you like it." I guess it would've been a pretty obvious guess in the first place that they play pretty much all Shakespeare plays. I was reading about "The Frontline" by Che Walker, and it seems pretty interesting. Its apparently about a complete mix of different kinds of people and their vast array of problems. Drugs, violence, racism, alienation of modern youth, single parenthood and mental illness all on the streets of present London. That sounds like it could be really good, like anything could happen in any order or fashion. Other things they are having at The Globe currently are many different kinds of events. There are just as many events of many different kinds being held their as their are performances. If I lived near The Globe I would definitely attend their performances. No matter who you are, you've heard of William Shakespeare and no matter how picky you are, you know you would have to see a play if it was by Shakespeare and it wasn't your kind of play at all. I haven't seen a play by Shakespeare yet, but I've seen his popular pieces as movies and they are can be very interesting at times.
History
The Globe Theatre was an early English theatre in London where most of William Shakespeare's plays were first presented. It was built in 1599 by two brothers, Richard and Cuthbert Burbage, who named , The Theatre. In the winter of 1598, the lease on The Theatre was due to expire because of an increase in rent. The Burbage brothers decided to demolish the building piece by piece, ship the pieces across the Thames River to Southwark, London on the south bank, and rebuild it there. The reconstructed theatre was completed in 1599 and was renamed The Globe. The shares of the new building were divided among the Burbage brothers and William Shakespeare, who had been one of the leading players of the Lord Chamberlain's Men, a popular group of actors, since late 1594. The Globe can hold about 2000 people and was once thought to be able to hold 3000.
Education
Not only do professionals perform at The Globe but plays all year around contain over a total of 100,000 students and teachers performing in them. From October to March they can experience the relationship between play and playground for themselves as they take to the Globe stage. The Globe stage is a central part of all courses for undergraduates, graduates and summer schools for teachers. A range of events for families are offered throughout the year. Lectures, seminars and staged readings for the general public provide historical and theatrical contexts for Shakespeare’s plays and playhouse. A research library and performance archive is open by appointment and research seminars are regularly held for post-graduate students and scholars. The Globe is an open house and is open to all.
Why "The Globe" appeals to me
The reason why The Globe appeals to me is probably the same reason why it would appeal to anyone else. The History of The Globe is so interesting I like to read about it. The fact that it was built, torn down into sections, carried some distance across a river, and rebuilt is just phenomenal. Accomplishing such a task nowadays would probably be a ridiculously hard task to do let along trying to tear a theatre down into sections and rebuilding it in 1598-99. I can only imagine how or what they used to carry the sections and drag them. Also, it said that the lease was expired in the winter of 1598 and the Theatre was torn down and rebuilt in 1599 which means all that happened in less than a year. This is over 400 years ago that they did this, I can't believe they even knew how to build a theatre back then in the first place.
Types of Material
When the globe puts on a performance, they must really go all out. I checked out their performances for the next 3 months and their are only 3 of them. The 2 currently playing right now are "Romeo and Juliet" and "The Frontline" and one that's playing in about a month and a half is "As you like it." I guess it would've been a pretty obvious guess in the first place that they play pretty much all Shakespeare plays. I was reading about "The Frontline" by Che Walker, and it seems pretty interesting. Its apparently about a complete mix of different kinds of people and their vast array of problems. Drugs, violence, racism, alienation of modern youth, single parenthood and mental illness all on the streets of present London. That sounds like it could be really good, like anything could happen in any order or fashion. Other things they are having at The Globe currently are many different kinds of events. There are just as many events of many different kinds being held their as their are performances. If I lived near The Globe I would definitely attend their performances. No matter who you are, you've heard of William Shakespeare and no matter how picky you are, you know you would have to see a play if it was by Shakespeare and it wasn't your kind of play at all. I haven't seen a play by Shakespeare yet, but I've seen his popular pieces as movies and they are can be very interesting at times.
Write a Play
This story is called "Dream come true" and it starts off with 2 people, Brendan and Jeremey, who are on their way to a Red Hot Chili Peppers Concert. They have a band together and Brendan is a guitarist and Jason is the drummer. Jeremey is driving and Brendan has just wokin up from a nap.
Brendan: "Stretches," Are we frickin their yet?
Jeremey: Almost, calm down.
Brendan: Well it seriously feels like we have been driving for 20 straight hours.
Jeremey: Actually, you're just about right. 18 to be exact.
Brendan: All this just to go to a damn Red Hot Chili Peppers concert.
Jeremey: Easy what you say bro! I'll drop you off right here, no joke.
Brendan: I'm kidding man. You know be better than that.
Jeremey: Haha, I know. Jes messin with ya. Look, the sign says 2 miles to Pittsburgh.
Brendan: Nice, lemme see them tickets. I want to check out our seating situation.
Jeremey: I told you to grab them man, remember. Don't tell me you didn't grab them?
Brendan: Woah man. I'm pretty sure that you said you already had them. Did you not
Jeremey: Haha. Ya man, I was just checking your memory. They're in the glove box.
Brendan: You assclown! I just about shit my heart out.
Brendan opens up the glove box and grabs the tickets
Brendan: Section B. Where is that at?
Jeremey: It's down on the left side up next to the stage. If we get their early we will be real close.
Brendan: Nice. "Checks the time on his cellphone" Well we are 2 hours early. You think that is enough time?
Jeremey: It should be. I mean, we may not be the very front, but we should be pretty close.
Brendan: Yo man, here's a Mickey D's. We should stop here and eat first.
Jeremey: Good idea. I'm starvin.
They pull into McDonalds and eat. About 30 minutes later they arrive at the arena where the Chili Peppers are playing. They are standing in the ticket line.
Brendan: Yo man, my heart is pumping. I can't wait to see these guys.
Jeremey: You're telling me. I can name every song by the Peppers
Brendan: Haha. This is true. I hope we're not too late to get good seats.
Jeremey: I dunno. It's starting to get a lil crowded.
They finally show their tickets and get inside the gates.
Brendan: Alright, we need to hurry up. What do we need to do.
Jeremey: Get drinks
Brendan: Ya thats fine. Look, heres a store, lets get some shirts too.
They get some new shirts and immediately put them on, and grabbed their drinks. They pull out their tickets to look for their location.
Jeremey: We need to see where we are at. We are in section H right now.
Brendan: It says we're in section L, so it should be right over here.
They get to their section, show their tickets to the doorman, and get to their locations.
Jeremey: Talk about sick spots man! We have to stand but we are third row back.
Brendan: I know. This is such an adrenaline rush.
About a half hour roles by and the arena is really starting to fill up.
Jeremey: Yo man. Look at all these people. This place is gonna be nuts here real soon.
Brendan: I know, this is like my fifteenth concert and this might be the biggest one I've been to yet.
Jeremey: Ya, it's definitely up there with Dave Matthews and Linkin Park.
Brendan: Don't forget about Sublime man. How dare ya.
Jeremey: Sorry, Geez!
The lights go out and the crowd starts going crazy. The whole arena is shaking as if it was going to collapse. Brendan and Jeremey can't hear anything but the screaming as they see all 4 members of the Chili Peppers walk on the stage.
Brendan: HOLY SHIT MAN. THIS IS CRAZY. I CAN'T EVEN HEAR MYSELF THINK
Jeremey: HUH?!..
Brendan: EXACTLY. WHAT SONGS YOU THINK THEY ARE GOING TO PLAY
Jeremey: HOPEFULLY ATLEAST "OTHERSIDE" AND "UNDER THE BRIDGE"
Brendan: OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE GONNA PLAY THEM. WHO WOULDN'T PLAY THE SONGS THAT MADE THEM POPULAR AT A CONCERT.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers start their gig and about 2 hours into the show, their guitarist John Frusciante faints and falls to the floor. The crowd goes silent as all the music stops and all the members of the peppers rush over to assist John.
Jeremey: What the hell. I can't believe this. He must be dehydrated or something.
Brendan: Probably, I hope he is alright. I hope he can still play, they haven't even played my song yet!
Jeremey: Or mine! Maybe they can recruit you for the rest of the show. "Laughs". But no, serious. We play their songs all the time. You know you can shred with them.
Brendan: Ya, to bad that I probably have a better chance of getting with your mom, not saying I wouldn't or anything.
Jeremey: Haha, funny.
The ambulance shows up and carry John out in a stretcher. The crowd starts booing as Anthony Kiedis, the singer picks up the mic.
Anthony: John is having serious dehydration right now. We are very sorry but we are calling it a wrap.
Brendan: "Looks at Jeremey" Talk about an unfortunate situation. John has to do this on a night we drive 20 hours to come see them.
Jeremey: Here's your chance man. See if they will let you take his spot.
"Pause" As they look at each other.
Brendan: Can I have some of what you have been smokin please?
Jeremey: I'M SERIOUS MAN. GO ASK.
Jeremey forcefully grabs Brendan and starts pushing him through the crowd. They get to the stage and 2 bouncers approach them.
Bouncer: No, don't even think about it
Jeremey: ANTHONY, ANTHONY, LET MY BOY PLAY FOR YA! HE'S GOOD. ANTHONY!
Anthony starts to walk over.
Anthony: Whats the problem here?
Jeremey: Let my boy finish the show for ya's. He's good, I swear.
Anthony: I don't know if I can do that.
Jeremey: You're Anthony Kiedes, you can do anything you want! And no one wants to leave early!
Anthony: "Looks at Brendan" Whats your name kid?
Brendan: Brendan "As he can't keep his hands and legs still"
Anthony: Aight Brendan, C'mon, lets get this started!
Brendan looks at Jeremey can't believing this is happening right now.
Jeremey: GET THE HELL UP THERE AND DO YOUR THING MAN. "As he pushes Brendan up on the stage.
Brendan gets up on the stage, and meets all the members. He picks up Johns guitar and turns around to stare at the audience. Its the most awesome sight Brendan has ever seen. Adrenaline is just running through his body as he just about shakes to the ground. Then you hear some drums, some bass, Anthony's voice, and that was all she wrote. Everything just seemed to fall into place for Brendan. It was as if he has been doing this for years. He knew every song they played and played it to perfection, dancing and having a blast while doing it. They go on to put on one of the greatest performances the Peppers have ever put on. After the last song, they raise their hands in the air and the crowd goes nuts.
Anthony: LET'S HEAR IT FOR BRENDAN!
The crown gets even louder. Brendan can't believe he's standing on stage with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the whole crowd is screaming as Brendan puts his arms in the air. He looks down to see Jeremey screaming and pointing at him. Brendan points back with the biggest smile on his face.
Brendan: "Stretches," Are we frickin their yet?
Jeremey: Almost, calm down.
Brendan: Well it seriously feels like we have been driving for 20 straight hours.
Jeremey: Actually, you're just about right. 18 to be exact.
Brendan: All this just to go to a damn Red Hot Chili Peppers concert.
Jeremey: Easy what you say bro! I'll drop you off right here, no joke.
Brendan: I'm kidding man. You know be better than that.
Jeremey: Haha, I know. Jes messin with ya. Look, the sign says 2 miles to Pittsburgh.
Brendan: Nice, lemme see them tickets. I want to check out our seating situation.
Jeremey: I told you to grab them man, remember. Don't tell me you didn't grab them?
Brendan: Woah man. I'm pretty sure that you said you already had them. Did you not
Jeremey: Haha. Ya man, I was just checking your memory. They're in the glove box.
Brendan: You assclown! I just about shit my heart out.
Brendan opens up the glove box and grabs the tickets
Brendan: Section B. Where is that at?
Jeremey: It's down on the left side up next to the stage. If we get their early we will be real close.
Brendan: Nice. "Checks the time on his cellphone" Well we are 2 hours early. You think that is enough time?
Jeremey: It should be. I mean, we may not be the very front, but we should be pretty close.
Brendan: Yo man, here's a Mickey D's. We should stop here and eat first.
Jeremey: Good idea. I'm starvin.
They pull into McDonalds and eat. About 30 minutes later they arrive at the arena where the Chili Peppers are playing. They are standing in the ticket line.
Brendan: Yo man, my heart is pumping. I can't wait to see these guys.
Jeremey: You're telling me. I can name every song by the Peppers
Brendan: Haha. This is true. I hope we're not too late to get good seats.
Jeremey: I dunno. It's starting to get a lil crowded.
They finally show their tickets and get inside the gates.
Brendan: Alright, we need to hurry up. What do we need to do.
Jeremey: Get drinks
Brendan: Ya thats fine. Look, heres a store, lets get some shirts too.
They get some new shirts and immediately put them on, and grabbed their drinks. They pull out their tickets to look for their location.
Jeremey: We need to see where we are at. We are in section H right now.
Brendan: It says we're in section L, so it should be right over here.
They get to their section, show their tickets to the doorman, and get to their locations.
Jeremey: Talk about sick spots man! We have to stand but we are third row back.
Brendan: I know. This is such an adrenaline rush.
About a half hour roles by and the arena is really starting to fill up.
Jeremey: Yo man. Look at all these people. This place is gonna be nuts here real soon.
Brendan: I know, this is like my fifteenth concert and this might be the biggest one I've been to yet.
Jeremey: Ya, it's definitely up there with Dave Matthews and Linkin Park.
Brendan: Don't forget about Sublime man. How dare ya.
Jeremey: Sorry, Geez!
The lights go out and the crowd starts going crazy. The whole arena is shaking as if it was going to collapse. Brendan and Jeremey can't hear anything but the screaming as they see all 4 members of the Chili Peppers walk on the stage.
Brendan: HOLY SHIT MAN. THIS IS CRAZY. I CAN'T EVEN HEAR MYSELF THINK
Jeremey: HUH?!..
Brendan: EXACTLY. WHAT SONGS YOU THINK THEY ARE GOING TO PLAY
Jeremey: HOPEFULLY ATLEAST "OTHERSIDE" AND "UNDER THE BRIDGE"
Brendan: OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE GONNA PLAY THEM. WHO WOULDN'T PLAY THE SONGS THAT MADE THEM POPULAR AT A CONCERT.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers start their gig and about 2 hours into the show, their guitarist John Frusciante faints and falls to the floor. The crowd goes silent as all the music stops and all the members of the peppers rush over to assist John.
Jeremey: What the hell. I can't believe this. He must be dehydrated or something.
Brendan: Probably, I hope he is alright. I hope he can still play, they haven't even played my song yet!
Jeremey: Or mine! Maybe they can recruit you for the rest of the show. "Laughs". But no, serious. We play their songs all the time. You know you can shred with them.
Brendan: Ya, to bad that I probably have a better chance of getting with your mom, not saying I wouldn't or anything.
Jeremey: Haha, funny.
The ambulance shows up and carry John out in a stretcher. The crowd starts booing as Anthony Kiedis, the singer picks up the mic.
Anthony: John is having serious dehydration right now. We are very sorry but we are calling it a wrap.
Brendan: "Looks at Jeremey" Talk about an unfortunate situation. John has to do this on a night we drive 20 hours to come see them.
Jeremey: Here's your chance man. See if they will let you take his spot.
"Pause" As they look at each other.
Brendan: Can I have some of what you have been smokin please?
Jeremey: I'M SERIOUS MAN. GO ASK.
Jeremey forcefully grabs Brendan and starts pushing him through the crowd. They get to the stage and 2 bouncers approach them.
Bouncer: No, don't even think about it
Jeremey: ANTHONY, ANTHONY, LET MY BOY PLAY FOR YA! HE'S GOOD. ANTHONY!
Anthony starts to walk over.
Anthony: Whats the problem here?
Jeremey: Let my boy finish the show for ya's. He's good, I swear.
Anthony: I don't know if I can do that.
Jeremey: You're Anthony Kiedes, you can do anything you want! And no one wants to leave early!
Anthony: "Looks at Brendan" Whats your name kid?
Brendan: Brendan "As he can't keep his hands and legs still"
Anthony: Aight Brendan, C'mon, lets get this started!
Brendan looks at Jeremey can't believing this is happening right now.
Jeremey: GET THE HELL UP THERE AND DO YOUR THING MAN. "As he pushes Brendan up on the stage.
Brendan gets up on the stage, and meets all the members. He picks up Johns guitar and turns around to stare at the audience. Its the most awesome sight Brendan has ever seen. Adrenaline is just running through his body as he just about shakes to the ground. Then you hear some drums, some bass, Anthony's voice, and that was all she wrote. Everything just seemed to fall into place for Brendan. It was as if he has been doing this for years. He knew every song they played and played it to perfection, dancing and having a blast while doing it. They go on to put on one of the greatest performances the Peppers have ever put on. After the last song, they raise their hands in the air and the crowd goes nuts.
Anthony: LET'S HEAR IT FOR BRENDAN!
The crown gets even louder. Brendan can't believe he's standing on stage with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the whole crowd is screaming as Brendan puts his arms in the air. He looks down to see Jeremey screaming and pointing at him. Brendan points back with the biggest smile on his face.
Relate Theatre to your passions and hobbies.
It is definitely and easy topic to talk about when wanting to relate Theatre to my passions. I dont think their is a single person out there that couldn't atleast relate Theatre to one of the passions. I have 2 passions I can relate theatre too which are "being in a band" and "sports."
The single most thing that I would love to do in my life, career wise, would be to be in a band that is popular and sells albums in the millions. I would love to be that guy thats always on vh1 with his friends playing in a band on the top 10 or that guy that everyone notices going out to the bars or out to eat with his boys, and going to the awards would be awesome. I really want to be a guitarist in a band but I wouldn't mind being a guitarist/backup singer. Obviously, to be a singer in front of thousands of people you not only have to have confidence in yourself, you have to have an unbelievable voice. Having that practice of standing up in front of a class for a specified amount of minutes over and over again like you would do in the higher Theatre classes would definitely be a key way to get rid of that stage fright and gather that self confidence needed to sing in the crazy situations that they do now. Also, if I started partaking in Musical Theatre I would be performing in Musicals where I would get the help needed to strengthen my voice. Once again, what a better way to get practice than to actually present in front of crowds of a couple hundred in college.
I am a huge fan of sports. I love to watch all sports and play them. I'm not very good at any of the really but we all have dreams. And in them dreams, if I were a professional ball player of any sort, I would definitely be performing in that I would have interviews, especially if I were a popular player. Those people like Alex Rodriguez and Kobe Bryant are on sports center every other day, literally, wether its during their sports' season or during the offseason. Theatre would be related to this in that you are responding through a microphone and answering questions to an audience of possibly millions by television. Sometimes the interviewers ask the stupidest questions that would be rediculous to try to answer and Theatre could help this by helping you prepare for it ahead of time. I have also seen some players give an interview and they really just looked like they were talking into a microphone making no sense. You could possibly say the stupidest thing and you could easily be made fun of for it. You never know, this could some how put a damper on your reputation.
Overall, once again, theatre is a major part to another aspect of my life; my 2 passions of "being in a bands" and sports. And taking Theatre in my future classes would give me a big head start to being successful in the both of them.
The single most thing that I would love to do in my life, career wise, would be to be in a band that is popular and sells albums in the millions. I would love to be that guy thats always on vh1 with his friends playing in a band on the top 10 or that guy that everyone notices going out to the bars or out to eat with his boys, and going to the awards would be awesome. I really want to be a guitarist in a band but I wouldn't mind being a guitarist/backup singer. Obviously, to be a singer in front of thousands of people you not only have to have confidence in yourself, you have to have an unbelievable voice. Having that practice of standing up in front of a class for a specified amount of minutes over and over again like you would do in the higher Theatre classes would definitely be a key way to get rid of that stage fright and gather that self confidence needed to sing in the crazy situations that they do now. Also, if I started partaking in Musical Theatre I would be performing in Musicals where I would get the help needed to strengthen my voice. Once again, what a better way to get practice than to actually present in front of crowds of a couple hundred in college.
I am a huge fan of sports. I love to watch all sports and play them. I'm not very good at any of the really but we all have dreams. And in them dreams, if I were a professional ball player of any sort, I would definitely be performing in that I would have interviews, especially if I were a popular player. Those people like Alex Rodriguez and Kobe Bryant are on sports center every other day, literally, wether its during their sports' season or during the offseason. Theatre would be related to this in that you are responding through a microphone and answering questions to an audience of possibly millions by television. Sometimes the interviewers ask the stupidest questions that would be rediculous to try to answer and Theatre could help this by helping you prepare for it ahead of time. I have also seen some players give an interview and they really just looked like they were talking into a microphone making no sense. You could possibly say the stupidest thing and you could easily be made fun of for it. You never know, this could some how put a damper on your reputation.
Overall, once again, theatre is a major part to another aspect of my life; my 2 passions of "being in a bands" and sports. And taking Theatre in my future classes would give me a big head start to being successful in the both of them.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Relate Theatre to my major
Relating theatre to my major seems like it would be impossible but its really not. My major is Business Management and Theatre has nothing to do with my major and to be honest I shouldn't even really be taking Theatre. I needed a fillin so I designated theatre into being an easy A class.
Theatre is related to my major in that I have to do presentations in class all the time. Every class I take anymore has some kind of presentation to do in it wether it be a powerpoint presentation or a speech of some sort. I have to stand in front of the class for a certain amount of time, sometimes 5 minutes and sometimes 10 or 20 minutes, and perform by reading and presenting information. This also helps a lot for my presentations with multiple people. Sometimes my self confidence can be low and I can tend to be shy in front of people. Theatre helps take away that shyness and allows me to speak my mind when preparing for presentations. During one of our groups first presentations I didnt really talk much during our meetings and give my input towards the project. We didnt do a whole part that I wanted to do and in our teachers review she gave us back, she docked points off for not adding in the section to our presentation that I wanted to do but never spoke up. Theatre class can really help me their too.
Altogether, Theatre can only be related to my major in one way. But that one way is probably what half of my whole job will consist when I get into the real world. That way is building my self confidence to allow me to speak in front of an audience and to communicate more thoroughly. If I continue to take more Theatre classes throughout the semesters, I feel it would definitely be for the better of my career.
Theatre is related to my major in that I have to do presentations in class all the time. Every class I take anymore has some kind of presentation to do in it wether it be a powerpoint presentation or a speech of some sort. I have to stand in front of the class for a certain amount of time, sometimes 5 minutes and sometimes 10 or 20 minutes, and perform by reading and presenting information. This also helps a lot for my presentations with multiple people. Sometimes my self confidence can be low and I can tend to be shy in front of people. Theatre helps take away that shyness and allows me to speak my mind when preparing for presentations. During one of our groups first presentations I didnt really talk much during our meetings and give my input towards the project. We didnt do a whole part that I wanted to do and in our teachers review she gave us back, she docked points off for not adding in the section to our presentation that I wanted to do but never spoke up. Theatre class can really help me their too.
Altogether, Theatre can only be related to my major in one way. But that one way is probably what half of my whole job will consist when I get into the real world. That way is building my self confidence to allow me to speak in front of an audience and to communicate more thoroughly. If I continue to take more Theatre classes throughout the semesters, I feel it would definitely be for the better of my career.
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