Over the next five months, we are excited to take you “Behind the Scenes” by sharing with you video updates about the creative process of The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe. The videos will focus on different aspects of the production, from music and choreography to set design and puppetry. Our first video update focuses on the development week during early January at The Washington Ballet studios. Click “Read More” to view the video.
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Behind the Scenes with The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe: Part 1
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 by adminDr. Dolittle: Make Believe in an Unlikely Setting
Thursday, November 17th, 2011 by adminAt the Holiday Season, when most of us have the good fortune to gather as families and to count our blessings, let us also remember the extraordinary power of creativity and its special value in times of adversity. It is the one human attribute that allows us to rise above life’s set-backs and to envision a better future.
This season’s holiday offering at Imagination Stage, Dr. Dolittle, focuses on the creativity of Hugh Lofting, who invented his fanciful stories of high adventure and exotic beasts while mired in a muddy trench on the Western Front in 1917. The play suggests that he rallied his men by creating a world of make believe and telling a story full of laughter, song, and puppetry.
Kids Euro Festival 2011
Monday, October 17th, 2011 by adminOne of the perks for families in Washington each fall is Kids Euro Festival running from October 14-November 10. All 27 countries of the European Union send representative theatre, magic, music, puppet, dance, and film pieces to our capital city as a way of introducing local children to stories and artists from across the Atlantic.
Casting Aladdin’s Luck
Monday, September 12th, 2011 by adminAfter we decide what the shows are for the season, we start the casting process for the entire year. This process usually starts in February. As a director, I believe that 99% of my job is done if I cast the right people, so I take this part of my job very seriously!!
How Much of the Play is Your Child Really Getting? All of It!
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011 by adminPerhaps, as you watch this play with your child, you may wonder, “how much of this is he really getting?” The answer is “all of it!” Results of a new study show that children as young as 5 are capable of understanding complex theatrical metaphors…
Great Promise and Art in Baby Theatre
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010 by adminThe New York Times is devoting column inches to what is widely being hailed as the newest trend in theatre in the USA—theatre for the very young. As someone who has travelled to festivals across Europe and Canada and seen dozens of Baby Shows over the last decade, I have come to believe that Baby Theatre holds enormous promise not only for the immediate benefactors, its audience of children and parents, but also for shaping a more sophisticated teen and adult theatre-going public in the USA down the road.
Two Big Shows in Bogota
Monday, April 5th, 2010 by adminThe world theatre festival in Bogota continues and today I will talk about two very big shows—one held in a sports stadium and another in a public park. As I have been zipping around the city all this week in yellow mini-Hyundai taxis, it has been exciting to see how everyone in the city is participating in the festival. Everywhere there are full houses.
Janet’s "Blogota," part dos
Sunday, March 28th, 2010 by adminToday, the festival was all about THE ODYSSEY. I saw two completely different treatments of the Greek classic, one by the Ish Theatre Company from Israel and the other by Teatro de los Andes from Bolivia.
Janet’s "Blogota"
Thursday, March 25th, 2010 by adminArrived in Bogota last night for the XII Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro as a member of the US delegation that has been sent here by the Theatre Communications Group.
Theatre that is truly created for very young children
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 by adminFor many years, I have been disturbed by the pressure on Imagination Stage to open our productions to children under age four. While I recognize that parents and teachers are nobly seeking arts experiences for pre-school children…
