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| Anna (Lauren Berling in red) reunites with her sister, Elsa (Astraea Brown), to the delight of (from left) Kristoff (Sadat Hoosain), reindeer Sven (Peter Bullen) and Olaf (Ralph Shehayed). (Photo by Scott Lasky) |
Palo Alto Players’ production of “Frozen” seemingly
has something for everyone, especially the younger set.
The sold-out audience at the April 26 matinee on
opening weekend included dozens of excited little girls outfitted like
princesses and clearly delighted at what they were seeing and hearing.
Their outfits emulated the two principal characters,
Anna (Lauren Berling) and Elsa (Astraea Brown), sisters who were princesses in
the mythical kingdom of Arendelle.
Elsa, the older sister, had magical powers to create
ice and snow that her parents tried to keep in check. However, after they died
and she became queen, she accidentally revealed her powers and plunged
Arendelle into endless winter, forcing her to flee.
Therefore, Anna set off to find her and try to melt
the ice and snow. She was aided by an
ice courier, Kristoff (Sadat Hossain), and his reindeer, Sven (Peter
Bullen), along with a snowman, Olaf (Ralph Shehayed).
Based on the 2013 popular animated Disney film,
“Frozen” is full of songs with music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and
Robert Lopez with a book by Jennifer Lee.
Under the direction of Janie Scott, the 25 members of
the Palo Alto Players’ production imbue it with fine singing, acting and
dancing sure to delight people of all ages.
Many of the actors play multiple roles defined by the
colorful costumes designed by Patricia Tyler.
Patrick Klein, PAP’s artistic director, is credited as
creative director, working with Tyler as well set designer Kevin Davies,
lighting designer Edward Hunter, sound designer Jeff Grafton and projections
designer Alanna Bardell. Richard Hall is the musical director and orchestra
conductor.
The lively choreography is by Karen Law and Stacy
Reed.
Together these designers as well as the actors conjure
up theatrical magic sure to enchant people of all ages.
Running about two hours and 40 minutes with one
intermission, “Frozen” will continue through May 10 at the Lucie Stern Theatre,
1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto.
For information and tickets, call (650) 329-0891 or
visit www.paplayers.org.
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