If you participated in a show at the WYO Theater many years ago or more recently worked with the production team of the annual High School Musical, you’ll likely recognize Pat Trout. She has remained a fixture of the local arts scene for years — both as an artist whose work has hung in galleries in the region in and in scenic construction and artistry for local productions.
What’s the play that will be so familiar to families taking it all in? “James and the Giant Peach JR.” In the original book by Roald Dahl, a young boy loses his parents and is forced to live with his mean aunts. After a little magic helps grow a giant peach in the aunts’ yard, James finds himself on an adventure when he climbs into the peach and it rolls away.
Deception. Vengeance. Madness. Consequences of corruption.Everyone seems to love a good revenge drama, which is why “Hamlet” has remained one of the most enduring plays through history.
Life lessons, if you look for them, abound in Shakespeare’s classic work.
Tribute bands often get a bad rep — all you have to do is watch “The Wedding Singer” with Adam Sandler and you’ll get the idea. But these bands can and usually do excel at not just performing the music of well-known artists, but recreating the feeling those bands originally sparked in their fans. And, they tend to be top-notch performers in their own right.
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