Relate Theater to Hobbies

How does one relate theater to their personal passions or hobbies? Theater can be found in several aspects of life if one really looks deep. Personally, I can connect some of the basic principles learned in class to hobbies of my interest. Theater can correlate directly with the entertainment industry. How? Look at different film productions as well as mini-series on television. They incorporate different aspects of theater into their storyline. The stage crew, on both film and theatrical productions, share some common roles. A personal leisure of mine is movies and other mini-series that premiere on pay-per-view channels. Figuratively, theater fits right into that category with them.

Movies always have always been a pastime of mine. They are a way to kick back relax. Just as there are different genres of movies, there are different genres of theater. Some movies are horror while others are comedies. Theater varies in different forms as well. Different productions can be classified as comedies or tragicomedies. Other theatrical productions are called melodramas based on their specific plots. Even different mini-series on television, such as Dexter or Weeds on Showtime, are similar to the stage. Each show has an antagonist and a protagonist. For example, on the series Dexter, Dexter is the protagonist and his victims are the antagonists. How does that work out? Dexter switches up his role playing quite a bit. During the day he works for the Miami Metro Police. In the evening and into the night, he is a serial killer to those who do no good to society. His super-objective is ridding those who demean society. The basic storyline ingredients in both theater and films are very similar in nature.

Another feature I can relate theater and movies together with is the crew. Without a stage or film crew there would be no way anything would be produced. The most obvious they share would be actors. No actors no entertainment. Another role they both share would be directors. Steven Spielberg is a famous movie director while Joe Mantello is the infamous director of the Broadway musical Wicked. Both are very famous and powerful men in the industry they reside in. Other crew jobs both theater and movies share include: set designers, costume designers, producers, publicists, etc. The roles/rules of both theater and the film industry go hand in hand with each other.

Movies are turned into musicals or theater just as theater productions are turned into movies. This is just another way the stage and certain films are flopped into different ways of entertainment. For example, The Wizard of Oz and Wicked are pretty close when it comes down to the storyline. One was a movie and the other was produced as a theatrical production. Wicked is still running strong on Broadway and The Wizard of Oz is still a classic to watch. The way they turn one into another and still keep the plot and characters is a work of art. It takes great talent to do what some directors have conquered.

Theater is able to be related to many hobbies. It takes the knowledge and the understanding of theater to link the two together. Theater is all around in today’s society. From my point of view, theater and movies are closely tied together. It doesn’t stop there though; it is related to other interests as well. Open others’ eyes to find what else can be similar, you’d be amazed.