August 8, 2014
16 The Weekly Sentinel
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~ Arts & Entertainment ~
‘Mary Poppins’ Is High-Flying Fun Omigod! ‘Legally Blonde’ Is Like Totally Entertaining
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By Scott Andrews Staff Columnist OGUNQUIT In recent decades, most new Broadway musicals are stage adaptations of successful films. One of the most successful recent shows was “Mary Poppins,” which was based on the classic 1964 movie of the same name that starred Julie Andrews. In its stage adaptation, “Mary Poppins” opened on Broadway in 2006 and closed in 2013.
Performing rights for regional professional companies were only made available beginning last year. As the middle offering of its five-show season, Ogunquit Playhouse is running a wonderful, fully professional production of this modern stage classic. The title character was created in a series of children’s books by Pamela Travers, and the stage script was written by See MARY POPPINS page 35...
Show-time For Hackmatack Children’s Drama Campers BERWICK – This Friday and Saturday, August 8 and 9 at 10 a.m., the Children’s Drama Camp will perform a ‘Spring Version’ of Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon’s ‘The Secret Garden.’ The original, full-length version was performed on Hackmatack’s stage in 2006, and both the cast and audiences enjoyed it immensely. The story is set in the early years of the 20th century. A young English girl’s
personality blossoms as she and a young gardener bring new life to a neglected garden, as well as to her sickly cousin and uncle. See CAMPERS page 36...
By Scott Andrews Staff Columnist ARUNDEL ─ Omigod it’s cute. Like totally entertaining. Those are among the expected - and welldeserved - responses to “Legally Blonde,” the Broadway musical version of the 2001 Hollywood film of the same name, based on the novel by Amanda Brown. “Legally Blonde” was a big hit on the silver screen and now the stage musical is becoming equally popular. The stage musical has a book by Heather Hach and score by Nell Benjamin and Lawrence O’Keefe. It opened on Broadway in 2007 and garnered seven Tony nominations. It’s had several national tours and has become a favorite of regional companies. Arundel Barn Playhouse is running a fine professional production as the penultimate offering of the 2014 season.
Flagship Premium Cinemas 75 Wells Plaza, Rt 1, Wells www.flagshipcinemas.com SHOWTIMES FOR: AUGUST 8-12 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (PG-13) 11:30, 1:50, 4:10, 7:00, 9:25 INTO THE STORM (PG-13) 11:50, 2:10, 4:30, 7:15, 9:45 A MOST WANTED MAN (R) 1:10, 4:00, 6:55, 9:40 AND SO IT GOES (PG-13) 11:40, 2:00, 4:20, 7:05, 9:15 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (PG-13) 1:00, 3:50, 6:50 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 3D (PG-13) 9:30 PLANES: FIRE AND RESCUE (PG) 12:00, 2:20 LUCY (R) 4:40, 7:10, 9:20 DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (PG-13) 12:50, 6:45 JERSEY BOYS (R) 3:40, 9:35
I’ve seen “Legally Blonde” several times before in the recent past, and I’m very impressed with how the show affects me on several levels. For starters, there’s the basic comic conceit - a fish-out-of-water tale of an air-headed fashionista who ventures east to the hallowed halls of Harvard Law School. After the laughter from the obvious jokes has subsided, there’s a second story of a “dumb blonde” who spectacularly succeeds in a brainy game that was never designed for her. And on the third level there’s the story of a young woman who discovers that she possesses an inner loveliness that’s fully equal to her super-
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abundant superficial beauty. “Legally Blonde” is a show where young women shine, and Arundel Barn Playhouse has hired a fine cast of up-andcoming professionals, primarily See BLONDE page 43...
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