Technology in Broadway Shows

This past class was based on the actual technical aspect of musical theater. I viewed clips from the website: http://angel-stagedoor.blogspot.com/ and watched clips of "Follies." In the first clip I pointed out elevated staging and stairs. There were a ton of background lights and shimmers as well. I scrolled through the website and found a clip from "The Sound of Music" and got really excited because I absolutely LOVE that show, so of course I had to watch it. Once again there was an elevated section of the stage and a long stairway leading probably on a balcony of off-stage right. In high school I worked a lot on building sets for the shows, and elevating the stage. Its amazing how much work could be done in such a short amount of time!

RODGERS AND HEMMERSTEIN
I performed in "South Pacific" my sophomore year or high school, so talking about how that show was a major turning point in history was very interesting to me. The show is about World War II and the tale of soldiers and natives. To me, it is interesting how Rodgers and Hemmerstein could take a subject that serious and turn it into a dramatic comedy.

Artistic Views

In my last post I forgot to mention my views on Juan Carlos Delgado, so here it goes. The link http://www.revistaexclama.com/arte/ has pictures of his latest art show. His sculptures are all frozen in time (literally) and it makes them look older. What I thought was most interesting was how there was a line of pictures of iced sculptures, followed by a sculpture of hands with fire in it. The mood Juan Carlos Delgado was in must have been completely opposite from the ice mood. I love how the fire makes the rest of the sculpture dark and mysterious.

Another thought: in class we talked about glowing shoes and such, and i stumbled upon this video and it reminded me of the class discussion.... because its all glowing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gJ2zkRseqs