The Arts in NYC Fall 2012

Since I wasn’t able to go to “The Piano Lesson” I went to the American Folk Art Museum with my friend Dave whose also in Macaulay. It was nice to visit a new museum that I had never been to before. The museum was a cute little space with two exhibitions. First I saw the […]

Professor Jake Cohen has asked that we watch and listen to to this version of  “o patria mia” (Act III, scene 1) by Leontyne Price–who Professor Cohen thinks is the best Aida in the 20th century–before we meet on Thursday:   Here are two more versions on the song–these have better sound quality:   And […]

After the amazing experience we all had at the Joyce theatre, I had set pretty high hopes for the piano lesson. The play, however, was even better than I expected. Even though this time we were not that up-close to actually feel the presence of the actors, it still was quite stimulating to watch the […]

Thanks to the fact that there was no school the following morning, I was pretty excited to see the Piano Lesson on Wednesday before Thanksgiving. For some reason, I did not expect a very extravagant play for some reason; I was thinking it would be more of a mediocre type of play, one similar to […]

All of the actors/actresses in “The Piano Lesson” were amazing.  They had such a large stage presence that it was really impossible to be bored with the play.  The arguments between Boy Willie and Berniece were loud and aggressive, always quieting the audience.  The Roslyn Ruff and Brandon Dirden were able to portray their characters […]

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The piano lesson was definitely a play that I’m glad I didn’t miss. Reading the book, I felt much less emotional about the different events in the play. When I could actually see the different emotions being acted out, I could understand them better and also connect with the problems that they were facing. The […]

I was lucky enough to go to the play with the others on Wednesday. I was very afraid, at first, that I wouldn’t enjoy it because of the review my friend gave me about her opinion of the play when she went to see it with her class. I’m glad that my fears were proven […]

Going to see “The Piano Lesson” this past Wednesday was definitely a decision I do not regret making. After reading the play, I envisioned each character to have a distinct personality and look based off how August Wilson portrayed his him/her in the play. For example, I imagined Doaker to be a wise old man, […]

Now that the Thanksgiving festivities are over and I’m up and out of my food crash, it’s time to talk about this enthralling play that we saw on Wednesday evening. I was extremely excited that we were going to see this play at the Signature Theater, and I was not at all disappointed. The plot […]