Hunter Intro to Theatre

The Doll’s House play was the first play I’ve actually seen. It was completely different from what I thought it was going to be. The stage was a professional replica of an actual house. The lighting made this replica feel very realistic and the position it was placed in allowed me to see the entire house. It was very effective since it allowed me…[Read more]

A Doll’s House, hosted by Hunter College’s Theater department, was a success due to a well-designed stage setup battered together with the authenticity and spirit the actress who played Nora brought to the audience. A Doll’s House is a play written by Henrik Ibsen in 1879, with the plot of promoting the right of equality between men and women…[Read more]

Ryan Donovan

Review: Martha Graham Dance Company, Joyce Theater, February 19, 2015

Martha Graham Dance Company’s recent engagement at the Joyce Theater began, appropriately enough, with the movement most associated with Graham: the contraction. To see a Graham dancer perform the contraction is a thing of beauty. The dancer’s body appears to hol…[Read more]

Ryan Troeller

Introduction to Theatre

Performance Reflection: Animals Out of Paper

For my performance reflection I choose to see Animals Out of Paper, written by Rajiv Joseph and directed by Merri Milwe. I saw the February 28^th performance, which was the production’s final date.  The play was about an origami expert who takes on an…[Read more]

Gabriela Baez

Performance Reflection

Theater 101

Section 1D04

28 February 2015

<i>Horseplay: or, The Fickle Mistress, a Protean Picaresque</i>

25 February 2015

La Mama Earth

The production <i>Horseplay: or, The Fickle Mistress, a Protean Picaresque </i>tells the life story of Adah Isaacs Menken. The play begins with Adah in her death…[Read more]

Man of La Mancha was a tremendous musical play put together by Sea View Playwright’s Theater Company in Staten Island. While the initial showing was canceled due to what appeared to be unforeseen circumstances, the show went off without a hitch the following weekend. I traveled to Staten Island with my family to enjoy La Mancha in which my own…[Read more]

Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo: performance reflection

Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo, is a beautifully written work that tells the story of a group of characters from different generations, living in Paris during the times of the French revolution in the 1800’s. Its main character is Jean Valjean, prisoner 24601, who was kept under arrest for 1…[Read more]

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At first glance, the musical The Fantasticks may resemble Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet; two tales of adolescent lovers, forbidden from each other by their families. However, The Fantasticks throws in a few twists, and makes a point to e…[Read more]

Geraldine Denis

Performance Reflection

THEA 101

1D02

3/3/15

<i>“The Can Opener: A Brief Horror Musical” </i>

2/27/15

TDF

“The Can Opener: A Brief Horror Musical”  is about a young woman who goes away to college out of her own will forced by her parents who also has a fear that something bad will occur to her once she goes to school li…[Read more]

Dimitri Gallard

Performance Reflection

THEA 101 1D05

1 March 2015

Wicked

25 February 2015

The Gershwin Theatre
<p style=”text-align: center;”>Wicked evil becomes good</p>
            The Musical Wicked features a story that differs from the original The Wizard of Oz, in which the Witches become the protagonist of story instead of the origin…[Read more]

Katlyn Zito

Performance Reflection

Theater 101

Section Four

February 20, 2015

Big Love

February 19, 2015

Signature Theater

       Big Love was a visual masterpiece for any audience member viewing this performance. The play’s visuals were not only explicit but comedic as well. The story surrounds a group of three sisters struggling to esca…[Read more]

Alyssa Rivera

Performance Reflection

Theatre 101

1D04

February 25^th, 2015

The Fantasticks

February 24^th, 2015

Jerry Orbach Theatre

The Fantasticks, an off Broadway production, tells a story of two lovers separated by a wall built by their “feuding” parents. The lovers secretly meet on a moonlit night, ant…[Read more]

Kseniya Kravtsova

Performance Reflection

Theatre 101-1D02

February 28, 2015

Hey ‘90s Kids, You’re Old

February 27, 2015

Kraine Theater

 
<p style=”text-align: center;”>The Presence of ‘90s Past</p>
            Hey ‘90s Kids, You’re Old, is a comedy revolving around ’90s decade but set in the present. The focus of the play was to see how l…[Read more]