One of my favorite of many great moments in Appleton North's production of Shrek happens after the curtain call. That's when the whole jubilant cast bursts into Neil Diamond's "I'm a Believer." Watch them all -- chorus members, fairytale creatures and leads -- dance and sing with such unfettered joy and contagious confidence and know [...]
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An ovation for the set designer, our much-loved Mr. Hartman
Sometimes, to experience a theatrical production's true level of happy passion and sleep-deprived perfectionism, you have to look behind the scenes. Witness a drama mama's midnight sewing session, or a Diet-Mountain-Dew-fueled director's back-of-the-house pace. See the hand-painted backdrop or the hand-lettered stage floor. We've been lucky participants in the Appleton North Theatre Program for more [...]
Second star on the right
A talented director entertains, a gifted one elevates. This weekend in a high school theatre that has blown us away more often than we can count, we once again transcended a story we had heard all our lives. This time Peter Pan and his faithful, naughty sidekick Tinkerbell led us to Neverland, a place at [...]