Theatre

= =  J The Bear Necessities  J   In Mrs. Hutchens 8th grade honors theatre class they are practicing //The Jungle Book//. They will perform the play on May 12 at The Primary Elementary school. The reason they chose this play is because the students wanted to put together a musical for the young children at Paine Primary. They read and listened to several musicals and then narrowed it down to two. The students actually staged and learned choreography for a number from each of the shows. They, then, decided they preferred //The Jungle Book.// The Jungle Book was a 1967 animated feature film, released on October 18, 1967. The 19th animated feature in Disney animated feature canon, it was the last animated feature produced by Walt Disney, who died during its production. It was inspired by the stories about the feral child Mowgli from the book //The Jungle Book// by Rudyard Kipling. The movie remains one of Disney’s most popular, and contained a number of contained classic songs, including “The Bare Necessities” and “I Wanna Be Like You.” The Jungle Book follows the ups and downs of the man-cub Mowgli as he makes his way back to the human village. The wise panther Bagheera helps MOwgli so he can escape ruthless tiger Shere Khan. Along the way, he meets unforgettable friends and foes including mad King Louie of the Apes. Mowgli meets the hypnotic snake Kaa and the loveable, happy-go-lucky bear Baloo. Baloo teaches Mowgli “The Bear Necessities” of life and the true meaning of friendship.



Macbeth Does Murder Sleep?  Currently in theatre they are talking about Shakespeare and his amazing plays that he has written. One that they are mainly focusing on is Macbeth. They are going to perform this play sometime. Macbeth is known very well known for his plays. Macbeth was written in the early 1600’s (most likely sometime between 1604 and 1606) by William Shakespeare.  According to legend, was performed at Hampton Court in 1606 for King James I and his brother-in-law, King Christian of Denmark, and was clearly designed to appeal to King James. Not only was Banquo, who just happens to be a part of the Stuart family tree (as was James), portrayed favorably, but the play itself was very short. King James preferred short plays. Most importantly, James himself had previously published a book on witches and how to detect them. Shakespeare decided to give his play a supernatural twist in another effort to please the King. For the opening scene of Act IV, he reproduced a sacred black-magic ritual. That is where a group of witches dance about a black cauldron, shouting out phrases like “bubble bubble toil and trouble” and threw ingredients into it. The Practitioners of rituals such as this one were not very amused by Shakespeare’s public exposure of their witchcraft. As punishment they decided to cast their own spell on the play Macbeth that still haunts it to this day.

Drama Queens   Currently in theatre they are discussing about who Shakespeare was and what he did in his life. Shakespeare was born April 23, 1564. He was born in a small english town named stratford-upon-avon, located in warwickshire. He died april 23, 1616. shakespeare died the same date of his birth but he was 52 when he died.

back when shakespeare was alive people in england had young men dress up as girls. they thought it was inappropriate for females to be in in plays. his first plays are beleived to be the three parts of henry VI; it is unknown whether part I was written before or after parts II or III. Richard III is related to these plays and is usually grouped with them as the final part of a first tetarolgy of historical plays. One of shakespears most common plays is Romeo and juliet. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #ef315a; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Algerian; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-no-proof: yes">Even though shakespeare was known for his remarkable plays he also enjoyed writing poetry. He would write these love poems expressing feelings he had for this lady. No one to this day knows who shakespeare was ariting all those poems to. He did mention in some of his poems that the girl had brown long hair and brown eyes. Maybe one day everyone will know who the young lady is. Ride em' Country Girl

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Broadway; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> The play <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'"> “ The Country Girl” with Morgan Freeman opens April 27. This production will play on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'"> The Country Girl is a play about this devoted country girl who tries to rebuild her husband’s dreams and lift his esteem before he destroys himself. Casting also features Chip Zien (Into the Woods), Remy Auberionois (Frost Nixon), Anna Camp (The Scene at Second Stage), and Lucas Caleb Rooney (Henry IV at Lincoln Center). This team is composed of Tony Award winner Tim Hatley (scenic design), Albert Wolsky (costume design), Natasha Katz (lighting design), Acme Sound Partners (sound design), and David Brian (hair design). “The first major New York production in more than thirty years, The Country Girl is a classic backstage story. The 1954 __The Country Girl__ was directed by George Seaton who lived April 17 1911-July 28 1979 and was born in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California. George Seaton directed 6 different actors in the Oscar- nominations. He has won 8 Oscars and also received 8 wins and 15 nominations. The Country Girl premiered on Broadway in 1950. They released the film May 17, 1955. This movie is about drama and adaption. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Broadway; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">