{"id":2393,"date":"2011-04-15T08:54:43","date_gmt":"2011-04-15T12:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pscenterstageplayers.com\/wordpress\/?p=2393"},"modified":"2014-04-15T08:57:05","modified_gmt":"2014-04-15T12:57:05","slug":"2011-alice-wonderland-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pscenterstageplayers.com\/wordpress\/2011-alice-wonderland-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 Alice in Wonderland Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Music and Lyrics by Sammy Fain and Bob Hilliard, Oliver Wallace and Cy Coban, Allie Wrubel and Ray Gilbert, Mack David, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston
\nMusic Adapted and Arranged and Additional Music and Lyrics by Bryan Louiseile
\nBook Adapted and Additional Lyrics by David Simpatfco
\nBased on the 1 951 Disney Rim \u201cAlice in Wonderland\u201d and the novels \u201cThe AdvenSures of Alice in Wonderland\u201d and \u201cThrough the Looking Glass\u201d by Lewis Carroll
\nDirected by Penny Lynn Siler\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Usually considered the most famous children\u2019s books written in English (as well as distinguished examples of satire and verbal wit), Lewis Carroll\u2019s Alice\u2019s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel Through the Looking Glass (1871) had fascinated Walt Disney since his youth. The stories had been the source of Walt\u2019s first major cartoon series, beginning with the 1923 short Alice\u2019s Wonderland, which place a live-action girl in a cartoon world. In 1934, Disney sent Mickey Mouse Thru the Mirror in one of the most energetic and visually clever shorts of the decade. Considering a feature-length Alice in Wonderland, Walt and his team confronted a significant problem: Converting a beloved literary property to film inevitably disappoints some fans of the original books. (This challenge would also face Disney\u2019s adaptations of J. M. Barrie\u2019s Peter Pan, A. A. Milne\u2019s Winnie the Pooh, and P. L. Travers\u2019 Mary Poppins)
\nWalt later expressed another storytelling challenge: that Alice had no real plight or danger other than being continually confronted by confusing circumstances. Without a genuine threat or compelling quest, Alice lacked disappointment was probably inevitable, for the same reasons that Alice has daunted every filmmaker who has tried to adapt it \u2013 at least a dozen since 1903. Although the story is a dream filled with nonsensical verse and fantastic character, the books\u2019 themes are of growing up, death and extinction, and the arbitrariness of moral and social authority. Despite these challenges, Alice in Wonderland was approved for production in 1949, and the finished film contains some of Disney\u2019s most fantastic art design (influenced by the style of Mary Blair), zany animation (showcasing the work of Ward Kimball), and memorable songs (I\u2019m Late!\u201d, \u201cThe Unbirthday Song\u201d).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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