Narnia - the musical
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Topic: Narnia - the musical
Posted By: slicksister
Subject: Narnia - the musical
Date Posted: 3/09/07 at 11:01pm
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Has anyone done this show? My question is whether this is a show aimed at a youth/childrens audience or is it something adults will enjoy, too? Is it meant to be performed by youth or adults? ------------- The Main Thing is to Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing |
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Posted By: claning
Date Posted: 3/10/07 at 5:33pm
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Because of venue issues I never got the chance to see this one through, but we were well into rehearsals when we were scrubbed. I was doing it with a mix of adults and kids and it seemed to be blending well. I used kids mostly matching the ages of the main characters (the 4 kids). I had adults in the role of Aslan, White Witch and her sidekick (name escapes me at the moment). Adults also played the Uncle and the the maid. I had some kids on the various wolves and of course chorus. I was even working a chorus of small children into the mix. I think the show would appeal to all ages and can and probably should be done by various ages. Though I say an all 8th grade performance of the show and it was pretty good.
My co-host and I talked a great deal about this show in our podcast's inaugural episode. Here is the link for that. http://yourneighborhoodstage.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=100357 - http://yourneighborhoodstage.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=100357
Best of luck with the show.
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------------- Chris Laning, Co-Host "Your Neighborhood Stage" Podcast http://www.NeighborhoodStage.com chris@neighborhoodstage.com |
Posted By: tristanrobin
Date Posted: 3/15/07 at 8:49pm
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geesh.
the straight play goes on forever LOL how long is it with songs?! 
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Posted By: claning
Date Posted: 3/20/07 at 8:52pm
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The book for the musical is different from the play. It was written by different people. I would think it would have run around an hour and a half to two hours. The book was definitely a lot shorter than the play.
------------- Chris Laning, Co-Host "Your Neighborhood Stage" Podcast http://www.NeighborhoodStage.com chris@neighborhoodstage.com |
Posted By: theGeneral96
Date Posted: 4/06/07 at 2:36pm
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I have appeared as Fenris Ulf in this show. We put it up about 10 years ago and it was well received. We performed it with a mixture of kids and adults. The show is aimed at the same audience as the books, movies, tv shows, et al. It runs abou 2-2 1/2 hours, and I choreographed a rather large battle sequence with the entire cast moving on and off the stage during it. Let me tell you how fun it was to do fight scenes with 12-14 year olds! Wow! But we kept control and made it as simple as possible for them, with only a few set moves that were repeated over and over again. Hope this helps. It was a really fun show overall and we aimed it for a family audience. BAL. ------------- It's been Surreal! |
Posted By: neilfortin
Date Posted: 4/11/07 at 10:19am
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Any one have any pics from this show? Costumes? Set? Sounds amazing!! ------------- Community Theater makes us smile |