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On Saturday, June 4th, I went to New York and saw Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. The production is one of the most well-known musical, and it was also translated into many different languages. When I was 9, I watched the Korean version of the musical, then I watched it once more couple years…

On Friday, June 3rd, I went to the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai, India. I was there for a live stand up comedy show performed for 90 minutes by a solo comedian, Karthik Kumar. This show, “Second Decoction” was his second major successful performance. This play celebrates the middle class upbringing, filled…

William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, is arguably one of his most widely read and appreciated romantic comedies, whose characters, plots and themes can be credited to be a major inspiration for the creation of the entire genre and the very basis of contemporary works as we know them to be. As a first time viewer…

The Greek play Medea by Euripides focuses on the main character Medea, and the struggles she endures throughout the play. The plot focuses on Medea’s revenge on her husband, Jason who left her to marry Creon’s daughter. The hatred in Medea makes her do some awful things like kill Creon’s daughter and her own two…

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare is about love. It has wonderful surprises that any audience would appreciate. The play addresses many human emotions including, but not limited to, happiness, sadness, grief and love. The audience falls in love with the characters especially Hero, who is the daughter of Leonato. Everyone from the start…

Much ado about Nothing Response I had a hard time fully immersing myself into Much ado about Nothing because I did not understand much of the humor. As the play progressed, I was able to get a slightly better grasp on the language being used and the nature of the humor. There were some aspects…

Medea by Euripides is a theatrical adaptation of the myth of Jason and Medea from Greek Mythology. The drama, a tragedy, is primarily about revenge and a woman’s scorn – Medea’s swears revenge against her husband, Jason, who has left her and their two boys for another woman, the daughter of Creon, the King of…

On my way back home for the summer (which is Kolkata, India for me – quite a long commute, you can imagine!) after the spring semester ended, I spent two weeks in London visiting friends and family. While I was in the city with my father, in accordance with our London theatre tradition, we had…

On Saturday May 21st, I saw the Arizona premier of When You Wish: The Story of Walt Disney. The performance was extremely poor in every aspect. The musical had a terrible plot. It wanted to portray the hardships Walt Disney endured which is an interesting story. However, the musical did not show it well. For…

First Play Response– Stupid Fucking Bird On Saturday, May 28th, in South Portland Maine, I went to see a live production. The play was a modern adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s ‘The Seagull’, and it was titled ‘Stupid Fucking Bird’. I have never read or seen the original play, but I greatly enjoyed this one. I…