Theater/Play Reviews?

Question

I need a list of subjects that a theater/play review needs. I need to go see a musical or play this weekend and type a review for it. The problem is that I don't know what exactly I need to do this. Please let me know where I can find a format to do this.

Answer 1

Instead of finding an article or web site on what to include in a review ot howtowriteatheatrereview.com, simply read some reviews, but know one or two things in advance:

Small town reviewers of plays are often barely qualified ("I know what I like") and feel like they should encourage attendance and participation. If their review, therefore, talks more about the lights, scenery, costumes, or orchestra but doesn't mention the leads, this is a bad show disguised in a "damning with faint praise" review.

Know the show you're going to see. One reviewer gave a good review to a production of Hamlet saying that rather than just plod through the lines without believing them, without any conviction, these actors actually made you feel like their lines were important to them and were being said for the first time. This idea dawned on the reviewer during the famous "play-within-the-play" -- which is in Act iii! What did they do during Acts I and II? Another reviewer gave a good review to the musical Mame that had had two musical numbers cut out of it -- "That's How Young I Feel" and "If He Walked Into My Life," which is the punchline to the whole show!

Answer 2

When reviewing a musical/play start with an introduction that will show your general reactions to the show as well as higlight what you will talk about in further paragraphs. Including a quote that you liked or that supports your review from the show is good.

Devote a paragraph to write a synopsis of the show. This should be the shortest part of the review, but it lets the reader know about the show if they haven't seen it.

Use two paragraphs to talk about two different aspects of the show, whether you liked them or not. Such things could be costume/makeup design, quality of songs, quality of aciting, set design. Do not merely say "it was good" or "it was bad" Try to be descriptive and if you have experience in the area you choose to write about (like acting) use terms that apply to that area (in character, deliberate intention with lines, the wants of the character were present in the scene, etc.)

Use another paragraph to sum up what you have already said along with perhaps re-iterating your feelings towards the production.

Answer 3

expertise is very objective and intensely almost impossible to degree. experience, being nicely-study, viewing very much of theatre--good and undesirable--exposing your self, in different words, to this worldwide is first and maximum nicely known; then, in case you have an interest in it, and a aptitude for writing, you will know. Theatre writing is very stylized and quite state-of-the-artwork....start up reading comments from the great theatre periodicals and magazines...in case you do no longer know what those periodicals and magazines are, nicely...you ahve your artwork minimize out for you

Answer 4

If your teacher did not specify the format nor the topics, after explaining them thoroughly, your teacher is incompetent.

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