Twelve Little Girls, Two Straight Lines, Christmas Adventure at TWS
The Theatre of Western Springs brings those famous French boarding-school girls to life for their holiday musical in a magical “Madeline’s Christmas.”
“In an old theatre in Western Springs that was covered in vines…” … okay, the Theatre of Western Springs isn’t really covered in vines , but it will serve as a famous old house in Paris this December as members of the Theatre and Children’s Theatre team up for Madeline’s Christmas. The play, of course, is an adaptation of one of Ludwig Bemelmans’ famous stories about a French boarding school and its singular redheaded resident. “Everything that we have done is based very heavily on the book,” said director Stephanie Grady, in her first TWS show. “The set is very much like the illustrations… We’ve had a really good time being able to devise a show that has magic, and these French elements of course, and things like that just for the kids…
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