In which I dust off my signet ring AND play theatre critic.

It is perhaps unfair to judge a children's regional theatre company too harshly.  But I can't resist, so how about I just not name names? 

Item #1:  I thought taking my daughter to see other children taking their exhibitionist tendencies to the stage might be inspiring.  I did not come to see a crowd of children backing up young adults in the lead roles.  Alice in Wonderland's boobs should not be the main attraction.  There was a lot of talent up there.  No reason why "second purple flower to the right" couldn't have played Alice.  If you are of the opinion that it's too many lines for one child to memorize (And really?  It's not), it's perfectly acceptable to get creative with casting more than one Alice.  You certainly had the costume budget for more than one blonde wig and little blue dress with apron.

Item #2:  This is directed mainly at the choreographer, but since no other person involved in the entire production caught this, you all might want to take this note.

[Insert pause for dramatic effect]

Sealing wax (from The Walrus and the Carpenter) has nothing to do with the ceiling and so to have Tweedledee and Tweedledum gesture towards it dramatically during their performance was not only unnecessary and distracting (Was it about to fall on our heads?  What are they pointing at?), but ill-informed.  I realize that none of us has probably used sealing wax on our correspondence lately and so you might be unfamiliar with the term.  However, might I tell you about this fantastic book you might want to keep around the house?  A dictionary!  You just look up the unknown term and there it is!  Demystified!  You don't even have to keep another dusty old book around the house.  You could just type "sealing wax" into your favorite search engine or Wikipedia or the like and then?  Well, then you would know, and, as G.I. Joe says, "Knowing is half the battle".

Otherwise, it was a nice little production and my daughter and I enjoyed ourselves and will probably attend another one soon.

Now back to your television screens.

Comments

actually.... it was he-man or man at arms who said "knowing is half the battle" at the end of each episode. Had you checked on google or wikipedia, you would have known that. GI Joe never pushed kids to learn, it was more a recuitment campaign to go out and shoot guns... whereas he-man championed the idea to look find ways to bad green cats bigger and kill bulemics with swords.
x and a double mwah