{"id":93268,"date":"2017-09-20T21:06:56","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T02:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=93268"},"modified":"2017-09-20T21:07:37","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T02:07:37","slug":"its-nearly-halloween-at-the-npac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/09\/20\/its-nearly-halloween-at-the-npac\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s nearly Halloween at the NPAC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Obviously, I know we are still more than a month away from Halloween, but after last week, it was beginning to feel like we made a hard left into autumn.\u00a0This got me thinking about a big show we have coming to the Niswonger over Halloween.\u00a0It is perhaps the most known and loved musicals ever written: The Wizard of Oz<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Broadway is once again touring a production of this beloved musical most of us grew up seeing on TV as a motion picture.\u00a0The Wizard of Oz,<\/em> however, was a Broadway original appearing in the Majestic Theater in New York City in 1903.\u00a0But it was 1939 when a young girl named Judy Garland stole our hearts as Dorothy and made \u201cSomewhere Over the Rainbow\u201d an American classic.\u00a0The entire cast of this blockbuster hit was filled with superstars and America was introduced to the imaginary Land of Oz in spectacular color!<\/p>\n

I imagine there isn\u2019t a person alive who doesn\u2019t know the story of The Wizard of Oz<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0Most of us can quote many popular lines from the musical.\u00a0Ray Bulger played the Scarecrow, Bert Lahr the Cowardly Lion, Jack Haley was the Tin Man, and Frank Morgan was the Great and Powerful Oz (as well as a number of other characters throughout the movie.)<\/p>\n

There have been many remakes of The Wizard of Oz<\/em> for the stage.\u00a0Networks is now touring this spectacular production and we are fortunate to have it in Van Wert this Halloween.\u00a0We actually have two performance nights: October 30 and 31.\u00a0That\u2019s a Monday and Tuesday night, but we have moved the performance times up to 7 p.m. so it is easier to see on a weeknight.\u00a0Can you imagine the little Dorothys dressed in costume coming to our show on Halloween?\u00a0Or perhaps someone may come as the Cowardly Lion or Scarecrow or maybe as a Tin Man.\u00a0At any rate, it should be a really fun two nights at the Niswonger and I hope you can be a part of it.<\/p>\n

The Van Wert High School Drama Department performed The Wizard of Oz<\/em> a few years back and everyone enjoyed it so much we had people from Fort Wayne coming to see the high school production.\u00a0Just imagine this show with professional actors, singers, costumes, lighting, special effects, and scenery.\u00a0It will be spectacular, I\u2019m sure!\u00a0\u00a0And flying monkeys!\u00a0Did I mention flying monkeys?<\/p>\n

This touring show will make stops in Lexington, Kentucky, for five nights before coming to Van Wert for two nights.\u00a0It is then off to the Carolinas before returning to Michigan for two nights in Flint and three nights in Detroit.\u00a0You can see it right here in Van Wert, Ohio.\u00a0That\u2019s pretty cool!<\/p>\n

Tickets are on sale now at the Niswonger Box Office and online at www.npacvw.org<\/a>.\u00a0With two nights, we can fit well over 2,000 audience members in the house.\u00a0It will be a memorable night as we welcome Dorothy and the entire cast, along with all the beautiful music performed live in the Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio.\u00a0Tell your friends and make a Halloween night of it on October 30 or 31.\u00a0We\u2019ll be looking for you!<\/p>\n

FIN\u00c9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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