AYS - Madagascar
By Tessa Barcelo and Abinaya Ganesh
I like to move it, move it! I like to move it, move it! Everybody knows the classic movie Madagascar, but did you know it’s a musical? Madagascar is a fun, family-friendly, and hilarious show!
AYS Theatreworks is performing Madagascar in November, and if you want to move it, you should come see it! Julia Kole, an eighth grader at Doherty who plays Marty the Zebra, says, “It’s an upbeat show that will make everyone in the audience want to be crack-a-lackin’ it with us.”
Imagine living your whole life caged up, you’d want to be wild and free too. Marty the Zebra, Alex the Lion, Gloria the Hippo, Melman the Giraffe, and Mason the Monkey are living it up in the Central Park Zoo. They have adoring fans, and tons of attention. But Marty wants more. Marty wants to be able to graze on grass all day, be able to hop, leap, and jump in the endless fields of green. So when he gets a chance to escape the zoo, he takes it. Marty runs away, and all his friends go after him. Then, when a zoo transfer goes wrong, the animals end up in Madagascar! To find out the rest, come see the show for yourself.
AYS Theatreworks’ production of Madagascar features a wide range of cast members, from third to eighth graders. In fact, you may know some of them! Wood Hill sixth graders Mia D’Avolio, Nate Allen, Abinaya Ganesh, and Cole Gervais and eighth graders Jack Mohr, Alex Worthley, and Tessa Barcelo are all in the show. Jack plays Alex the Lion, the King of New York City, Tessa plays Gloria the “Hip Hip Hippo”, Alex plays Mason the surly Monkey, Cole plays King Julien of the lemurs, Nate plays Kowalski, a penguin, Mia plays the Subway Announcer, and Abinaya is a “steak soloist”.
Anthony Morgante, a seventh grader at West Middle who plays Maurice, says, “Hooray everybody,” which is one of his lines. Sadie Rooney, also in seventh at West plays a lioness and Lee the Lemur, and she says, “Meet the king! -Lee, and Eat me. -Steak,” which are also lines from the show. On a more sentimental hand, Anthony chimes in again with, “I love being in the show with all of these people. We truly do become one big family.”
If you can’t wait to see more, go see Madagascar. Performances are at the Doherty Middle School Auditorium the first weekend in November. Tickets are $10, available at the Youth Center and at Learning Express.
It is a fun movie and I remember watching it with my sibling’s years ago. Now, my kids will watch it. I have even found some nice series by Andy Yeatman on Netflix and the weekends are going to get busy now. It is good because I really like spending time with my kids.
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