Similarities Between Saidy And Yip Harburg

Jamaica, the musical by Fred Saidy and Yip Harburg, captured a world where love and dreams seem to have no boundaries, especially when it comes about the American dream. The powerful cast successfully manage to convey different ideas and represent different characters in a fairly limited space., which requires certain level of organization and rehearsal. In Jamaica, the music, the lyrics of the songs and even the lighting worked together to bring to life to an island full of people with dreams and ambitions. Furthermore, the successful use of stage, audience space and actors to change the settings of the play, was the most evident success of the playwright’s conscious use of space and resources. As the play was taking place, the actors unseeingly and naturally designed the stage accordingly to the song being played at the moment, which caused an immediate change in the reactions of the audience towards the different songs, which all told a different story. Moreover, since the play did not stop to set a different setting, but rather the cast changed it continuously, the story was not …show more content…
I have always been the type of person that tries to guess the story, however when watching this play, the music kept me so focus entertained and focused that I did not feel the need to figure out the events, but rather enjoyed every scene without worrying about what would happen next. In conclusion, the play was entertaining, comic, and full of drama; the music was amusing and the play was easy to follow, yet unpredictable and full of surprises, combination of different themes such as love, ambition, forgiveness and the American dream created the perfect setting to unravel drama and conflict; Jamaica is a great musical worth