We will let you know what that FM station is when you pull in,” Cooper said.įriday’s performance begins at 8 p.m. “You will actually tune to an FM station. Lolek's Storytellers presents: Tarzan the Disney Stage Musical performing at The Canton Historic Theatre, Canton Ga. “Our show is all about chosen family and I think that banding together as a group of artists to try to do the work at a time when people need an outlet so much, I think it brought us closer together,” Chandler said.Īudience members will have two ways to watch - either from socially-distanced outdoor seating 30 feet from the stage or from their vehicle drive-in style. “We have had social distancing incorporated into our blocking as well as sanitizing, masks obviously worked into the costume,” said Ruthie Chandler, who plays Kala.Īnd prior to all rehearsals, temperatures have been taken. “Once we figured out that we could try to do this in a matter that would be as safe as possible for our cast we went ahead and moved forward,” Cooper said. It was the decision to partner with the zoo that allowed this performance to survive in a pandemic. Then we were going to open inside, then we were going to open outside,” said Troy Cooper, producing artistic director with the Prism Theatre Center. “First of all we were going to open in July, then in August. It will do so on a custom-built outdoor stage on the grounds of the Elmwood Zoo, where almost all rehearsals have been held.ĭue to bad weather, the final run-through was moved indoors - just another way the cast and crew with the Prism Theatre Center have had to adapt.
Thursday was the last rehearsal before “Tarzan: The Musical” opens in Norristown. It was bound to happen: After successfully turning its animated stories of Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King into long-running Broadway hits, could a musical about Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs heroic ape man be far behind. In Montgomery County though, art is alive once again. (CBS) - You may call this the perfect setting for a stage production of “Tarzan.” The Prism Theatre is performing an outdoor, socially-distanced production at the Elmwood Park Zoo.įor months, the magic of live theater has been reduced to a memory.
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