Thursday, February 21, 2013
Perhaps for the first time ever, Barrington's performing arts organizations are joining together to present the 'Late Winter Festival' on March 3 in the library auditorium.
Get ready for what is expected to be one of the best celebrations of the arts ever in Barrington. And it is all for free. It's being billed as the "Late Winter Festival." And it is expected to draw so many people that not one but two shows are planned on Sunday afternoon, March 3. The show is a merger of some of Barrington's leading arts groups and performers -- perhaps for the first time ever, said Larson Gunness, who is coordinating the festival along with the Local Brew Coffeehouse events team. The coffeehouse team is best known for producing shows at the Bay Spring Community Center in West Barrington. But that venue is far too small to host this type of festival right now, said Gunness. So, the shows will take place in the Barrington …
Friday, January 25, 2013
More than 60 pupils at Primrose Hill School will perform in the Arts Alive! adaptation of the Disney movie based on the Rudyard Kipling classic.
Be aware of "The Jungle Book" this weekend. Students at Primrose Hill School will present three performances of Disney’s "The Jungle Book" tonight at 7 pm and Saturday at 1 and 7 pm at the Barrington Middle School. The shows open the 2013 Arts Alive! season. More than 60 first- to third-graders make up the cast. Expect plenty of surprises in the Indian jungle with characters such as Mowgli, Baloo and Bagheera from the Rudyard Kipling book. The performances are actually being adapted from the Disney movie, with permission from Musical Theatre International. "This production is packed with many recognizable songs and is sure to entertain and inspire," said Kirsten Davis of Arts Alive!. Arts Alive! co-founder Dena Davis is the director. She…
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The next performance of Arts Alive! in Barrington plays May 11-12; 123 Hampden Meadows School students make up the cast.
Tickets for “Bugsy Malone Jr.” – the next performance of Arts Alive! in Barrington – went on sale on Monday. “It’s our most spectacular production yet,” said Dena Davis, co-founder and manager of Arts Alive! The performance includes 123 students from Hampden Meadows School, she said. Shows will take place on the Barrington High School auditorium stage. Performances are May 11 at 7 pm and May 12 at 1 and 7 pm. Tickets are $5. The production includes a live jazz band made up of Barrington High School music students led by professional jazz musician John McKenna of Barrington; “splurgers” -- custard-shooting weapons -- designed by Boris Bally, an internationally renowned artist; and more than 300 vintage costumes. Of course, there will be …
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Arts Alive! and Sowams School pupils to present their production of this classic book and Disney film this weekend.
There will be plenty of tails wagging in this tale on Friday and Saturday nights. Barrington’s nonprofit theater program, Arts Alive!, and first- through third-grade students at Sowams School present their production of the classic book and Walt Disney film, “101 Dalmatians.” The curtain at Barrington Middle School auditorium will rise at 7 pm on both nights, March 30-31. The show is based on the 1958 novel by Dodie Smith, said Arts Alive! director Dena Davis. It is directed by Pamela Morgan. “The play tells the story of Dalmatian dogs, Pongo and Perdita, and their puppies, who live with their human owners, Roger and Anita, and enjoy a happy life,” Davis said. Happy until villainess Cruella De Vil tries to buy the litter to make a spotted …
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