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A Musical Adventure | Highlands Youth Theatre
Written By: Mary Adair Trumbly - Highlands PAC | Issue: March 2023
The beasts bust out in Madagascar Jr. A Musical Adventure, set March 14 and 15 at Highlands Performing Arts Center, 507 Chestnut Street. There is no charge for tickets but go online to reserve your seat –HighlandsPerformingArts.com.
Last fall’s Highlands Middle School production of Fame Jr. was a tremendous success and paved the way for elementary school students to get excited about being in Madagascar Jr. A Musical Adventure.
Going through a bit of a mid-life crisis, Marty, the zebra, wishes that he could be out in the wild. After meeting a bunch of crazy penguins who also want to escape from the zoo, Marty follows them and breaks free. Discovering that their friend has gone, Alex the lion, Melman the “hypocon-giraffe” and Gloria the hippo, go on a mission to find him and bring him back to the zoo. But before they make it back, the group are caught and boxed up, waking up to find they’re en-route to an African wildlife reserve. But then, all hell breaks loose when the penguins escape from their crates and get up to mischief again, landing them on the island of Madagascar, where they then meet King Julien, the flossing, party-loving lemur, and his tribe.
Artistic Director Joi Chapman has been working with 50 elementary school students since January on learning lines, the songs and dances for Madagascar Jr. A Musical Adventure. Students began coming over to PAC in February for rehearsals, to learn how to use the space of the stage and how to project in the larger auditorium.
Come see your favorite student in Madagascar Jr. A Musical Adventure on Tuesday or Wednesday, March 14 or 15 at 7:00 P.M. at the new Highlands Performing Arts Center, 507 Chestnut Street.
