The stick and the cardboard box have been added to the National Toy Hall of Fame. It's time to add the piece of paper. Chicago Children's Theater's takes paper to new heights of delight in their current play for the littlest theater-goers, If All the World Were Paper. Characters Curlicue, Doodle, and Squiggle transform paper into birds, planes, water, clothing, people, musical instruments and more as they sweetly sing and dance the story of a paper girl on the biggest adventure of her life. In my ebullient mood, I can't help seeing a political allegory as brave protagonist Paper Girl, played by spirited Alexis Rogers, goes out to the world and brings color, music and voice back to her white sisters.
The show is geared towards children two to six years old and the cheers and yelled comments ("Blueberries!" called Nora, long after the request for "things that are blue") and unpredictable laughter of the kids made the show more free-wheeling and fun than your typical production.
Through November 30. Use the code SAVE for discount tickets through next weekend.
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Since you enjoyed "If All The World Were Paper" thought you'd appreciate a quick post-Holiday reminder that Chicago Children's Theatre encore presentation of “The Selfish Giant” adapted from the short story by Oscar Wilde and created by Blair Thomas/ Fast Fish Puppet Theater, with original music by Michael Smith comes to the Little Theater at the Museum of Science and Industry this Jan. 18 - March 1. If you didn't have the opportunity to catch the production last year when premiered it at the Field Museum,this would be a great time to catch the show in this new setting at the MSI.
The show runs just about one hour with no intermission. Basic info follows:
Chicago Children’s Theatre presents “The Selfish Giant” adapted from the short story by Oscar Wilde and created by Blair Thomas/ Fast Fish Puppet Theater, with original music by Michael Smith Jan. 18 – March 1, 2009 in the Little Theater at the Museum of Science and Industry, 5700 S. Lake Shore Drive. Previews begin Sunday, Jan. 18. Press opening is Saturday, Jan. 24 at 12 noon. The production uses puppets and music to bring to life Wilde’s beloved children’s tale about the power of friendship and generosity. The Chicago Tribune calls “The Selfish Giant” “smart and appealing,” and the Chicago Sun-Times hails it as “‘Giant’ fun with strings attached.” Performances are Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 11 a.m.; Saturday and Sunday at 12 noon and 2 p.m. Tickets are $28: $18 for children. (Tickets do not include admission to the Museum service charges may apply.) Recommended for everyone ages 4 – 6. For tickets or more info,visit www.chicagochildrenstheatre.org or call 866-811-4111. Groups or classes of 10 or more, call GroupTix: 877-4-GRP-TIX (877-447-7849).
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