Musical Adaptation of The Wind in the Willows from City Lit Theater
City Lit Theater (1020 W Bryn Mawr Ave. Chicago, IL 60660)
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- $18.00 - $25.00
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- FREE - $12.50*
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All offers for The Wind in the Willows have expired.
The last date listed for The Wind in the Willows was Sunday January 9, 2011 / 3:00pm.
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Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle at City Lit
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City Lit Theater continues its 32nd season with a world premiere adaptation of We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson. Jackson is known for impeccably crafted tales of suspense and horror from her short story "The Lottery" to The Haunting of Hill House. We Have Always Lived in the Castle was her final novel, a tale of a family living in seclusion for years following a scandal. When an estranged relative arrives, they must confront the issues they've been avoiding for years. City Lit's staging brings to life this compelling tale of the evils of provincialism spiced up with dark hints of the supernatural in classic Shirley Jackson style. Learn More
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Goldstar Member Reviews
Mo in Chicago
Nice voices; Good acting (ie: facial expressions); Costumes were somewhat less than what I expected given previous shows & reviews; Overall, light-hearted and enjoyable!Written on Dec 20 2010
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Arts Lover
Absolutely loved this show! Neither my son or I was familiar with the story or City Lit beforehand but we went based upon the Goldstar info and reviews. The cast was first rate - very talented with wonderful singing and speaking voices and heartfelt performances. Veterans and a large group of performers new to City Lit were successful in creating great synergy. Direction, staging and choreography worked together so well. I very much enjoyed the songs and can see listening to them along with other musical scores (any doubts - CATS, anyone?) ("My Home" was greatly touching.) It was very entertaining and my 11 year old didn't have a problem at all with following the storyline and laughed throughout. The high calibur of this show is something that would be appreciated by those who enjoy the "Broadway musical" experience. Kudos to everyone in this production!! Please do go and see it!Written on Dec 14 2009
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Goldstar Member
the play was great. the singing and the stage setting was awesome!Written on Dec 02 2009
i enjoyed the play a lot
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Stephanie F.
This was a cute adaptation of the book. The description says is a show for all ages. We took our four year old. He liked the singing but I wouldn't call this a play for children. It's probably better for older kids and adults. The animals were not dressed as animals so he was confused.Written on Nov 30 2009
Toad and Rat were great.
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More Information About The Wind in the Willows
Website
http://www.citylit.org/home/index.html
Quotes & Highlights
- The Wind and the Willows returns to City Lit Theater for its second year after a successful run in 2009, which included winning Goldstar's Roar of the Crowd based on member ratings.
Description
For the second year in a row, City Lit Theater will produce Douglas Post’s musical adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s classic novel for all ages The Wind in the Willows.
The Wind in the Willows centers on the exploits of Mr. Toad, an amphibian obsessed with motor cars, and his steadfast friends Rat, Mole, and Badger, who attempt to break him of his terrible habit. It also concerns a class struggle in the Wildwood between these creatures and the weasels, ferrets, and stoats.
Post uses story theater techniques to preserve pieces of Grahame’s narrative, humor to heighten the absurdity of an animal community that carries on like Edwardian gentlemen, and an eclectic score made up of rock, reggae, tin-pan alley, spirituals, and a Gilbert and Sullivan send-up. Post’s adaptation received its world premiere at the old Organic Lab Theater in Chicago in 1985, and had Chicago revivals in 1986 and 1989. Since then, it has received over 200 productions around the world. In the U.S. it has been produced at Theater Off Park in New York, The Cleveland Playhouse, Coterie Theater in Kansas City, Arvada Center for Arts & Humanities in Colorado, and Lamb’s Players Theatre in California. It has also been produced in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Shanghai, China. Prior to last year’s critically acclaimed City Lit staging it had not been seen in Chicago for twenty years.
The cast for The Wind in the Willows is Kate Andrulis, Sarah Bright, Jessica Lauren Fisher, Catherine Gillespie, Sean Knight, Edward Kuffert, Aaron Lawson, Brian LeTraunik, Lauren Noelle Morgan, Shawn Quinlan, Lauren Romano, Ed Rutherford, and Tom Weber. The musical arrangements are by Kevin O’Donnell with additional vocal arrangements by Andra Veils Simon, musical direction by Nick Sula, and choreography by Andrew Waters. The designers are Matthew Cummings (props), Alan Donahue (set), Sarah Hughey (lighting), and Ricky Lurie (costumes).
About the Ticket Supplier: City Lit Theater Company
City Lit was founded in 1979 and incorporated in 1980 by Arnold Aprill, David Dillon, and Lorell Wyatt. At the time it was the only theatre in the nation devoted to stage adaptations of literary material, a form that has since become quite popular. Over 30 seasons, City Lit has explored fiction, non-fiction, poetry, biography, essays, and drama in performance, and presented a wide array of voices, from classic writers such as Henry James, Edith Wharton, Oliver Goldsmith, Mark Twain, Colette, and P. G. Wodehouse to such contemporary writers as Alice Walker, W.P. Kinsella, Lynda Barry, Raymond Carver, Edward Albee and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. As an Illinois not-for-profit corporation and a 501(c)3 federal tax-exempt organization, it keeps its ticket prices below the actual cost of operation and production, and depends on the support of those who share its belief in the beauty and power of the spoken written word.