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Growing up right outside of New York City made it very easy to go and see Broadway shows.  The first show I saw was the Lion King in 1999.  Through out my childhood I saw many different shows like Hairspray, Marry Poppins, Beauty and the Beast etc.  although I have seen many different shows there are two that stand out over all the others.  Starting with Lion King and then Wicked.  These two shows have stuck with me ever since I was a little kid which is why I think they are my favorite shows. Lion King which could be considered one of the best Broadway shows is my number one favorite show.  This is because even though I was three when we saw it I knew the story because of the disney movie.  The show has great costumes and music.  Even as a three year old I remember being so amazed by the technicality by the actors controlling the animals.  I also like that although the songs from the movie are still in the show, they added a few new songs that are very catchy.  The cool thing lookin

Eric Lax                                            Opera Assignment Magic Flute                                             2/13/18   ART 211                                                                                                                     Professor Roundtree             The opera I choice to go see was Magic Flute “Die Zauberflöte” which was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1791.   This opera was the last one that Mozart would write before his death the very same year.   Mozart who was a member of the Free Masons makesa point to use a lot of the symbolism of this group by having many of the characters that are together in groups of three because three is one of the symbols of the Free Masons.   For example, the Queen has three ladies who follow her, there are three spirits, three slave and three trials for Tamino and Papageno to complete.   Through out the show passages are written in three stanzas. (Britannica)   This show like a few others of Mozart’s o

Madame Butterfly an opera written by Giacomo Puccini which takes place in the early 20th century.  The opera is about a Lieutenant in the US Navy who while in Japan gets married to Cio-Cio-San.  The two get marries but San's family disown here due to her getting married to the Lieutenant.  They make love and Cio-Cio-San becomes pregnant with his child.  He then leaves for three years and in this time she has the baby.  She continues to wait for his return but when he returns he is now married to an American women.  The lieutenant finds San and takes the child they made together and he and his wife presently leave with the child.  Coo-Cio-San in the end kills herself because her husband takes their child away and she just cannot continue to live. The stop motion animation of Madame Butterfly was beautifully put together and filmed.  Although the film did not include everything it did keep the most important parts.  The movement of the characters are very smooth so it gives the per