Roll 'Em!

I haven't seen the movie version of James and the Giant Peach in a long time. Just the other day, I watched the first 20 minutes, but decided to hold off on watching the rest. For Peter Pan, we watch the VHS —yes VHS — of Mary Martin's musical version of Peter. (The only DVDs available on Amazon are 170 dollars plus!) The cast was more familiar with the Disney version, and needed to see the story onstage. James and the Giant Peach is apparently a story that is more familiar to people my age. Many of the younger cast members have never seen it! (It's another Roald Dahl classic —he also wrote Willy Wonka, Mathilda, and The Witches.) So, we are going to have a cast movie night. Watching James and the Giant Peach with the cast will likely answer many of their questions about their characters, but I fear it's only going to raise a million more about the se t!

They are going to see a massively huge peach, a massively amazing set, and massively awesome special effects. The filmmakers had one thing that we don't have —a massively large budget. Don't get me wrong, the show is going to be amazing, but we are having to get creative. I don't want to give anything away, but with a little imagination, it's going to be a piece of cake to see the Giant Peach roll, float, bob, and fly on it's journey from England to New York.

Almost all of our Youth Theater Shows have included some semblance of a magical happening —and we've made it work so far, but once the magic of James begins, it doesn't stop. This show is back to back magic.

We're prepared to bring the magic, as long as you are prepared to believe.