Little Women & Willy Wonka

What a combination!!

A few weeks ago we went to see Little Women at Wichita Theatre.
It was really good!

I have always enjoyed the movie!
I am also the proud owner of the book!


Little Women
hardback 1922 edition

This jewel of a book was given to me by Page Scott. She was a very special lady that I worked for from 1999 to 2002. I felt so honored when she gave me her favorite book from her childhood.
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We also went to see Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory at Rider High School.
The play was put on by students from Crockett Elementary. This is the school were my mom works.

The program was very cute & the kids did an excellent job!

Here are a few pics:


Crockett students


Emily & her Wonka Bar


Kayleigh & her Wonka Bar


Emily & Kayleigh

Joseph

Joseph & The Techni-Color Dream Coat

My mom, Kayleigh & I went to see this musical! It was GREAT!

The man (Joshua James)that played Joseph reminded my mom & I of the guy I dated in high school. You know, kinda loud & obnoxious, but you can't help but like them. We laughed the whole time, it was soo, funny!

The man (Matthew Swift)[No relation to Taylor] that played Pharaoh was hysterical! His character resembled Elvis. Again, we laughed soo hard!!

Kayleigh said, "Mom, I thought this was a Bible story!?!"

It was a blast!! We had such a good time & laughed until we cried!!
The Musical ended with the cast receiving a well deserved standing ovation!!

SNOOPY!!!

For Christmas, Casey got us (me & the girls) season tickets to the Wichita Theatre!
The 1st show of the season was SNOOPY!!!



The show was GREAT!!

As a child, I always loved reading the Peanuts Comic!
The girls like watching the seasonal Peanuts shows:

A Charlie Brown Valentine
It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
A Charlie Brown Christmas

This was our favorite song from the play:
"Everything You Can Be"


What a great lesson!
Don't be anything less than you can be!!

Snow White Who?

The girls, Trisha, Mom & I went to Snow White at Wichita Theatre.
All the plays we have seen have been WONDERFUL!
Snow White was NOT!

The Disney movie is so cute & the girls LOVE IT!
This production was not so good! :(
Snow White & The Queen, basically the same.
The Seven Dwarfs OMG!
Scrubber
Blubber
Scotty
Flubber
Pepito
Mosquito
& Fred
What are they smoking?

Kayleigh thought it was funny!
(She is old enough to get it!)

Emily sooo disappointed!
(Momma, What happened to Dopey & Sneezy?!?)

So I read the playbill & discover:
This production is based from the book & lyrics by Elsa Rael
WHO????

One strike against you Wichita Theatre!

They have one show left for this season:
Two From Galilee

Next years line up looks really good!
You know what they say: Looks can be deceiving!?!

Beauty & The Beast

As part of Emily's Birthday, I took her & Kayleigh to see:
Beauty & The Beast, Jr. at The Wichita Theatre.
Once again, it was wonderful!
We have yet to see a show we didn't like!


The show was performed by local children who are 18 years or younger!
It was great! The girls loved the show!
Their favorite characters were:
Lumiere - The Candelabra played by:
Cameron Hall who was also in High School Musical 2
Lefou - Gastons silly sidekick played by:
Peter Duncan who was also in Willy Wonka & Alice in Woderland

We are looking forward to Annie in September!

GREASE is the word!

We love going to the Wichita Theatre! Since April, we have seen Oklahoma!, High School Musicl 2, Wizard of Oz, & most recently Grease!


My friend Randi Roanhaus played the lead Laurie in Oklahoma!
She did an amazing job!


This is Molly Turner aka Rizzo
(My favorite character!)


This is Hannah White aka Frenchy
(Her entire family is invovled in Theatre)


Left- Justin Partridge aka Danny
(Was also in Wizard of Oz as the Scarecrow)
Middle- Brittany Roberts aka Cha-Cha DiGregorio
(Was also in High School Musical 2 as Taylor)
Right- Corey Rauscher aka Doody
(Was also in High School Musical 2 as Ryan Evans)

Kayleigh loves getting autographs from the cast after each show!
She knows they aren't the real movie stars, but thinks they may be some day!

We are looking forward to seeing Beauty & The Beast in August!
We also got a sneak peak of Annie that will be in September!

On Stage!

Kayleigh along with her Girl Scout troop, went to the WichitaTheatre to see High School Musical 2 live! The girls enjoyed watching local cast members in the musical. They liked all the costumes & different stage sets.

After the musical the troop joined the cast for a Meet - n Greet in the theatre with pictures & autographs!

Kayleigh's troop along with another troop participated in a theatre workshop. They began by learning how to cast their voices, so that the audience could hear them. Then they divided into smaller groups & each girl was assigned a part (The script was The Wizard of Oz). Kayleigh got to be Dorothy! They practiced for 15 minutes & then performed for the audience. It was fun to see Kayleigh up on stage.

The girls had such a good time being in the spot light! The staff & cast members worked well with the girls.We are looking forward to the next 2 productions at the Wichita Theatre. The Wizard of Oz in June & Grease in July! You never know Kayleigh just might be a big star one day!