By Mark Schadenberg
INGERSOLL -- In my thoughts, any great stage production must combine
humour with life, music with human relationships, misery mixed with triumph and
survival, and a thought provoking message to sew up all the (pieces) themes.
A difficult combination – it’s like ordering a pizza called The Works
from the New Orleans pick-up parlour and when they ask if you also want the hot banana peppers you
reply in the affirmative.
Is it possible to create this quilt? This recipe ?
Sure, consider The Sound Of Music and Les Miserables. Both contain
comedy, tunes, family, couples, war or battles, banana hot peppers (courage and
misery), and a conclusion.
I have always admired The Sound Of Music. Maybe my two children should
have been named Liesl and Friedrich. Today, however, as I digress, Friedrich
sounds like a sugar donut which is also admired by me.
ITOPA
The Ingersoll Theatre of Performing Arts (www.ITOPA.ca; email: info@itopa.ca, 485-3070) will be staging The Sound of Music in December. See their site for all show times, but the run is Dec. 6 – 15.
The Ingersoll Theatre of Performing Arts (www.ITOPA.ca; email: info@itopa.ca, 485-3070) will be staging The Sound of Music in December. See their site for all show times, but the run is Dec. 6 – 15.
The VonTrapp family stars in this popular Rogers and Hammerstein
penned production, which was made into a stunning film in 1965 with Canuck
Christopher Plummer and Julie Andrews. In Austria, the captain and his kids’ (nun)
nanny are part of a triangle with a baroness . . . as the Second World War
looms. However, it’s the children and the songs which are most memorable – Do-Re-Mi,
Edelweiss, Maria, My Favourite Things, So Long Farewell, and my daughter’s
favourite thing The Lonely Goatherd which doubles as a puppet (marionette)
show.
I could write more, but everyone knows the story.
Simon Cowell is not one of the judges, but the family plans an escape
after competing in the Salzburg talent show. Plummer’s Georg character doesn’t
want to re-enlist in the German Navy.
The list or reasons to attend The Sound Of Music in Ingersoll are
countless.
ITOPA is at 88 Thames St South. Watch a matinee show (* - Sunday
curtain is 2 p.m.; nightly shows are 7:30, but check the web or pdf below) and
then stay for dinner at one of many Ingersoll eateries, or tour the various
light shows in the community’s parks.
Christmas shopping in Ingersoll (www.hereiningersoll.com; www.ingersoll.ca; 485-0120) is also a good
idea as the town currently has its Santa’s Festival Village promotion on until
Dec. 14, and the Festival of Lights continues until Jan. 1.
MIGHT BE SOLD OUT ?
ITOPA tickets are in the range of $20 for musicals, and even less if
you plan on attending one of those boring regular talkie plays which feature no
songs.
ITOPA, by the way, is a not-for-profit stage troupe with a volunteer
board of directors. You can also receive their newsletter called Spotlight by
email or mail.
LINK:
A struggling
tenor, but dedicated full-time Realtor !
Mark
Schadenberg, Sales Representative
Royal
LePage Triland Realty
757 Dundas
St, Woodstock
www.wesellwoodstock.com
(519) 537-1553,
cell or text
Email:
mschadenberg@rogers.com
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