Theaters

I need to find out what plays around currently playing and most importantly, scheduled to open around the country. I also need to know where they’re playing and would like an overall list of the most well-known and best-known independent theater houses around the country in major cities.

I’m basically interested in cities like Los Angeles, Austin, Chicago, New York and other major cities, and what their most well-known theater houses are, as well as a list of what plays are currently playing and scheduled to open in the future.

there isn’t such a list. you will have to look up each city to find whats there.

I love theater, and singing.

Right now I have an associates degree in English. But I wanna switch, how much do theater directors/vocal instructers/acting… etc make an hour?

What shoudl I major in? Only at my University that I’m going to transfer too they offer Vocal Performance, and other such music programs but no acting… ? So what should I do?

Thank-you..

***Also if you could help me how I should discuss this with my mother, that be great***
My mother is kind of against me doing any theater stuff because she thinks it isn’t reliable.

But I wanna do this so much.

Tell your mum that you appreciate her concern but this is your life. They always require people with musical talent so your courses would not be a waste of time.What about joining a local theatre group?

I major in Vocal performance, and English?

What should I major in?

you don’t need to major in anything. do drama classes and school plays. do local theater for experience, their open calls. take some professional acting and drama classes. do student and ind.
films for experience.

If you work in guest services at a movie theater, what exactly do you do in your job description? What is guest services? What’s the difference between guest services and the box office?

Sweep up, work the ticket or concession counter. Basically anything at a theater could be considered serving the guest.

What did Greek Theaters look like in classical Greece? How did this change in the Hellenistic period?

The Greek theaters in classical Greece had these main parts;

Orchestra: a flat, semi-circular space, where the performance of the chorus took place

Skené ((from which the word "scene" derives)): a building behind the orchestra which served as dressing room. The front side looked likea Palace or a temple and there they used to put large painted panels in order to change the background of the orchestra.

Koilon: the auditorium; there the spectators sat. It was called koilon because of its shape. Its shape was semi-circular and conical, built around the orchestra.

The whole building was called Theatron which comes from Latin theātrum, which derives from Greek theatron=place for viewing ( theasthai= to look at)

It was dedicated to the god Dionysus, and thus every ancient Greek theater had an altar dedicated to him, named "thymele"; it was positioned in the middle of the Orchestra.

In the early years of drama the orchestra was the acting place of the actors, too.
Gradually, the action moved from the orchestra to the Proscenio (the space in front of the Scene)
So after the 5th century BC the orchestra was for the chorus and the proscenio (pro means ”in front”) for the acting.

Between the scene and the right and left endings of the Koilon, there were two entrances for the spectators, called Parodoi.
During the play, the Parodoi used as entrances of the actors and the chorus.

During the Hellenistic Period drama is in decline, so the older tragedies are played now.
New comedy is in its peak though, with Menander being its most prominent representative.

What’s more, there is a new change to the space where the actors perform: they rise from the ground floor of the proscenio to the first floor, one level higher than the chorus that remains at the orchestra.

Note that the ancient Greeks had developed the acoustics to an extent that reaches or even exceeds contemporary knowledge of the matter. That is why the acoustics of the ancient theatres are so excellent. To be spesific, there are theaters, like Epidauru’s theatre in mainland Greece that have perfect acoustics.
And this is explained by the large development of mathematics in ancient Greece. Lets not forget that In the meantime the Greeks had pushed architecture, constructive skills and understanding of sound and music to their very limits.

If you work in guest services at a movie theater, what exactly do you do in your job description? What is guest services? What’s the difference between guest services and the box office?

You would go to guest services to rent a device for the hearing impaired, or to
request a refund or maybe to purchase a theatre gift card.

Just about anything other than purchase a ticket or buy from snack bar.
They handle complaints, lost items, found items, etc.

I’m planning on building a local movie theater and am stuck on how to obtain the appropriate film licensing in order to receive permission to view new movies. Please help me. Thanks.

You need to talk to your local council to get the appropriate entertainment license, and the major film distributors to get the films.