Subject Matter: Theatre

The definition of theatre is a building or outdoor area in which plays and other dramatic performances are given.

Definition source: http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/theatre

In my interpretation, theatre is where actors do a live performance in front of the audience. Their acting is being supports by their costumes, props, sets, lighting, music, dancing and singing. Although I have never watch an actual theatre before, I still can watch them in television. Theatre performance also have their genres. They have opera, musical, comedy, drama and tragedy. Among those, I really like musical theatre. I really like seeing the actors singing and dancing while interpreting the scenes.

My favorite musical theatre have to be 'Hairspray'. The story is very inspiring, it is about an overweight and optimistic girl named Tracy Turnblad who loves dancing. She is very disagree with Velma Von Tussle, who is a colour racist and the producer of ‘The Corny Collins Show’. However, out of the most amazing characters in Hairspray, I really love Edna Turnblad. Her role is always being played by male actors, since it is a continuing tradition of having a man wearing women clothes to portrays her character.

The actor and actresses need a lot of training and be punctual at certain scenes since theatre is not same as movie. In movie, you can screw up the script as many times as you want but in theatre, they need recite the script without making any mistakes since they are performing live on the stage in front audience. This amazes me because they try to make their performance appealing to the crowds, unlike in the movie which the scenes can be cut, zoom in and out.

Like I said before, I have never watch a live theatre before. However, I will take the same concept as when I watch a live concert of one my favorite singer. Truthfully, I will not get physically or emotionally get excited when the singer sings inside the television, I maybe just nods my head to follow the music rhythm or just sing along. But when I sees the singer sings in front of me, live on stage, I start to go crazy along with the crowds by sing along and raise my hands on air. So what you see in television and see in real life is different. It is the same concept when I watch movie in cinema, I guess.

The actors can delivers their messages directly to the audience, even if the scene does not have any script and only shows the actor emotions, body movement, and of course it will accompanied with background music. It will surely pierce the audience heart and make their feeling wavers.