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At Phoenix, an irreverent take on fairy tale princesses By Josh McAuliffe
In the show, Cinderella is foodobsessed, Snow White is quite pushy sPeciAl To The TRiBoRo BANNeR and Sleeping Beauty keeps dozing off. Meanwhile, Belle from “Beauty and the You’ve never seen Snow White, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty act quite like Beast” is insane and confined to a straitjacket, Ariel from “The Little Mermaid” is this before. a drunk and Mulan is a lesbian. This weekend, Duryea’s Phoenix The“I absolutely adored the concept. It’s atrics will present its latest production, just too funny,” said Phoenix artistic “Disenchanted,” an irreverent take on director Lee LaChette, the show’s director everyone’s favorite fairy tale princesses. and choreographer. “I’m always looking There will be four performances of the musical — Friday, April 21, at 8 p.m.; Satur- for something different and this immediately caught my eye.” day, April 22, at 2 and 8 p.m.; and Sunday, In addition to their faults, the prinApril 23, at 2 p.m. — at Phoenix Performcesses also have a bit of the potty mouth. ing Arts Centre, 409 Main St., Duryea. Given the show’s adult language and Tickets are $12 and can be purchased humor, LaChette said the show is most in advance or at the door. For reservations or more information, call 570-457- appropriate for adults and teens ages 13 and up. 3589. Underneath all the ribald humor is a Phoenix is the first local theater to strong pro-feminist message that takes mount a production of “Disenchanted,” aim at the often sexist, patriarchal elewhich picks up the stories of 10 beloved ments found within fairy tales and Disprincesses after their Disney and/or ney films. “Misguided messages,” as Snow Brothers Grimm versions leave off. As White bluntly puts in the show. the audience quickly finds out, “Happily “They make us look weak,” adds SleepEver After” doesn’t come so easily to these ing Beauty. ladies. “Like helpless damsels in distress,” says Cinderella. Princess Jasmine of “Aladdin” fame (or Princess Badroulbadour, as she’s known in the story “1,001 Nights”) laments that
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she’s not allowed to “drive” her magic carpet back home. And, the show is well into its second half by the time the AfricanAmerican Princess Tiana, of “The Princess and the Frog” fame, shows up to complain about the lateness of her arrival. “Why’d it take ’em so long to give a sistah a song?” she sings. All told, the show features 10 young local actresses playing the princesses. The show has one other famous character — Tinker Bell from “Peter Pan,” played here. in a unique bit of casting, by male actor Colin Casey. “We put a little twist on it,” LaChette said with a laugh. There are about 15 songs in the show. Each princess gets their own highlighted
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song, and music director Jackie Legg will be on stage playing throughout the show. The costumes are untraditional (“No ball gowns,” LaChette said), while the set design is “very simplistic – more like a nightclub atmosphere,” she said. “There’s not a lot of glitz and glamour – no castles,” she said. What’s especially nice about the show is that all the cast members had a hand in shaping the direction of the production with LaChette, Legg and assistant director Sherry Klaproth. The result of their collaborative efforts should result in a fun, empowering trip to the theater for audiences, LaChette said. “It’s absolutely a laugh a minute,” she said. 1313 Wyoming Ave., Exeter •
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