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Daily Archives: February 2, 2016

He’s Got No Strings!

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Pinocchio – Filament Theatre

 

Although there have been many versions and incarnations of Carlo Collodi’s 1883 children’s novel, The Adventures of Pinocchio, probably the most familiar is the groundbreaking 1940 animated version by the Walt Disney Studios. Because of this full-length cartoon, everyone remembers the story. They know about the lonely woodcarver named Geppetto who creates a little wooden puppet who eventually becomes a real boy. Audiences remember Jiminy Cricket, the cunning Fox and Cat, the evil puppeteer Stromboli, Lampwick, Pleasure Island and Monstro the whale. And, of course, they remember the beautiful Blue Fairy and how “When You Wish Upon a Star” made everything end happily ever after.

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The Sound of Silence

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Snowflake – Chicago Childrens Theatre

 

No one would ever know from watching Gale LaJoye perform his one-man theatrical piece, that this hardworking,

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