In a stunning display of organization or computer skills The Mouse that Roared, well, roars to a huge first place victory.
Surprisingly, the first two week winners, Alan Berks & Company and A Johnny Midtown Stunt, drop like hot rocks out of the top three--proving that it's hard for any theater company to keep the audience coming back for more. Week 3 competition also shows that people want to see an all-female-and-all-adult version of Annie, and they want Craig Johnson to create a one person adaptation of The Importance of Being Earnest--both of which seem like they could easily move from Fantasy to Reality.
Experiment with your own fantasy teams below. Post a show. It's quick and painless. You could start a conversation. Click on the "POST YOUR OWN FANTASY TEAM" below. See the new teams as they're submitted so far this week at the end of this article.
In other exciting news:
The Commissioner's Office has been asked to investigate whether all those votes for The Mouse That Roared were come by honestly, or at least honestly enough. See the following official statement: "The Fantasy Theater League believes that all marketing tactics, including padding the house a little, exaggerating ever-so-slightly your total ticket sales, and emailing your uninterested friends and forcing them to vote for you--or see your show--are allowed in FTL. However, we do and will continue to discourage any automated voting should we discover it. Punishments will be severe and range from having to sit through tech for two consecutive years or or watching a restaging of HamletMachine by 12 high school students from Kansas, in German, that somehow incorporates balloons, unicorns, Hello Kitty, and excerpts from all the Saw movies. It will only last for four hours but it will seem like forty years."In less than four weeks, we already have an administrative/rules controversy! How much like sports!
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Presented by A Johnny Midtown Stunt
Cast and Crew |
ConceptJohn Middleton and Charity Jones on stage together for the first time since 1998 in the roles they were married to play. |
70 Scenes from Halloween
Presented by Segue Productions
Cast and CrewDirector: John GaspardJeff: Andrew Troth Joan: Amy Shomshak The Beast: Joel Raney The Witch: Kelli Gorr |
ConceptIn honor of the the upcoming holiday....Meet Joan and Jeff a married couple in a state of mild antagonism and mutual boredom. They ritually talk, eat, watch T.V., flirt and constantly misunderstand each other - but mysterious forces are abroad and within. A social commentary on the state of American culture and the monotony of traditional marriage. Some scenes would be altered so that the relationships would be same-sex. |
Disney's NEWSIES, THE MUSICAL
Presented by Populism, Yeah Yeah
Cast and CrewJack Kelly: Ryan McCartanCrutchy: Brian Skellenger Pulitzer: Alan Sorenson Teddy Roosevelt: Reed Sigmund Medda: Ann Michels |
ConceptDisney's NEWSIES, THE MUSICAL recently had its world premiere at Paper MIll Playhouse in New Jersey. It's still in development, and has its sights set on Broadway, but I think a local production could give the East Coast version a run for its money. |
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Presented by Outcaste
Cast and CrewBri: Garry GeikenSheila: Stacia Rice Grace: Sally Ann Wright Pam: Linda Sue Anderson Freddie: Joe Leary |
ConceptAs the director, I would hand the actors the scripts and head to Key West until it was time to pick up the Ivey. If you haven't read it, it's an incredible script about a couple coping with their daughter's affliction through the use of dark humor. |
Printer-friendly version
Send to friend
PDF version
