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"BARBARA'S MUSICALS"
Aesop! Aesop! This award winning musical
is a collection of 15 of Aesop's best known and best loved fables,
each told in a different theatrical or musical style. From oriental
theater to rap, from swing to boogie woogie, from an old folk song
to an opera. Includes, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, The Milkmaid and
Her Pail, The Tortoise and The Hare, The Wind and The Sun, The Ant
and The Grasshopper and more.
Alice In Wonderland - Alice follows the White
Rabbit through the TV set into "Funderland" where the
Keystone Kops escort her through the zany scenes with Tweedle Dum
and Tweedle Dee (song writers with a bad case of sibling rivalry),
The Cheshire Cat (a jazz dancer who speaks in rhythmic riddles),
The King and Queen of Heartland (health nuts who pop vitamins and
exercise endlessly), The Mad Hatter, The March Hare and a variety
of other fun people who help to make your musical visit to "Funderland"
lots of fun.
Aladdin & Ali - An Arabian Duo - This
"show-in-a-trunk" musical tells three of the Arabian Nights
tales; "Scheherazhade", "Aladdin" and "Ali
Baba". The players take on multiple roles and appear in each
of the three stories and they recostume themselves from the show
trunk onstage. A jazzy score and silly sound effects combine to
create a very stylized retelling of these ancient tales.
Andersen's Fairy Tales - A musical collection
of three of Hans Christian Andersen's tales including "The
Ugly Duckling", "The Little Matchgirl", "The
Princess & The Pea" and
"The Emperor's New Clothes". "The Little Matchgirl" is
poignantly told with music and dance, using two girls, one in reality
and the other in the dream world. "The Princess and The Pea"
is told with farcical comedy and hilarious music.
Beauty and The Beast - This opera for children
is based on the original French fable and tells the story of a merchant
and his family. The musical production dramatizes a sea voyage,
an eastern bazaar, a shipwreck, the plucking of a rose for a beloved
daughter and the imprisonment of the merchant. The rest of the story
is familiar to us all. The music is lush and lovely and will satisfy
the romantic heart with the happiest of endings, a royal wedding.
The Blue Bird - A full musical in two acts
based on Maetterlink's classic play "The Blue Bird of Happiness".
The children of a poor woodcutter go on a fantastic journey in search
of the "Blue Bird" with the help of magical creatures.
They look in the past and the future, among Night's hidden mysteries,
and among luxuries and riches. This fabulous adventure is accompanied
by music that will lift you to "fly on the wings of a dream".
Cinderella (Everybody's Favorite Stepchild)
- This is the world's best-loved fairy tale and can be traced back
to ancient China 200BC. In this musical version we first meet Prince
Jeremy who decides to switch identities with his cousin Roscoe in
order to meet a girl who will like him for himself. At the masquerade
ball, Roscoe is hounded by Cinderella's step-family - three outrageous
women who are sabotaged by Hermione, Cinderella's rockin' and rollin'
fairy God-mother and her two able assistants Music and Magic. Alternately
tender and hilarious, the story winds its musical way to the happy
conclusion of a royal wedding.
Ebeneezer - A Musical Christmas Carol - This
wonderful new musical gives its audience a whole new approach to
this classic holiday story. You meet Ebeneezer as a young boy, blamed
by his father for his mother's death as she gave birth to him. The
tender relationships shared with his sister Fan, then her untimely
death, also in childbirth, and with Julianna, the love of his young
life. You meet the characters that effect his life as a young man
in business, understanding clearly why he became the embittered
old "Scrooge". All this is served up with an ambitious
and dramatic musical score that climaxes with the joy of the Christmas
season.
The Enchanted Forest - An original story
about a little girl with an attitude who gets her wish for a fantastic
adventure in "The Enchanted Forest". Her frustration grows
as familiar characters mistake her for the heroine in their story
in spite of her protests. Music and characters from a variety of
popular stories drift in and out, paying no attention to her, until
finally, Cinderella's Fairy Godmother sends her home.
The Elves And The Shoemaker - Set in 1904
in Manhattan, young immigrants share their problems and then their
good fortune as the Elves stitch their magic into the new shoes
that Tony, the shoemaker makes for his friends. Their sorrows turns
to joys as their problems musically resolve themselves and the magical
little elves travel on to the next shoemaker.
Everybody Loves Mother Goose - Jack &
Jill, Little Boy Blue and Bo-Peep plan a surprise birthday party
for Mother Goose, however, the "Boogie Woogie Men" threaten
to spoil everything. The mean villains are vanquished with the help
of Old King Cole, The Cat and the Fiddle and a tap-dancing Cow that
jumped over the moon. Silly spells that make King Cole fall in love
with the Cow add to the fun. This is a great show with fun music,
a surprise demise of the "Boogie Woogie Men" and an unexpected
telegram from Mom Goose.
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