Entertainment is a very important part of our existence, especially in our culture. Without entertainment, whether it is individual or with a group, humans could not stay sane, hence could not survive. There are many types of entertainment. Humans have been entertaining themselves in all sorts of different ways for thousands of years. As simple as playing with sticks and stones, and as complex as flying F-16 fighting jets; we need entertainment. The most popular form of entertainment today is watching television. Although television is the direct means of receiving entertainment for the common family, it is not however the most stimulating. Throughout the ages stories have been past down from generation to generation through word of mouth, and through the advent of theatre arts. Theater unites the past and present in a unique cultural experience. Theatre continues to thrive and has become an important subject for study in schools and universities. Theatre also can be defined, as an expressive process that is best understood through the idea of symbolization and its role in the discovery and communication of meaningTheatre is taught as part of a curriculum designed to make students more human and more humane. The emphasis, in this case, is on creative and critical thinking, communication skills, and the philosophical and historical place of theatre in the development and maintenance of various cultures. Theatre, both in study and performance, allows students, whether as performers or as audience, to better understand the human condition not only in the cultures with which they are personally familiar, but also in cultures that may be distanced by time or location. The purpose of theatre is to develop performance art through any distinctively cultural foundations. The curriculum integrates training in the areas of acting, voice and movement, and sometimes dance and song while telling a story of moral and value directly or sublimina...
