Pippin!

Hi guys, I'm back on the blog and I'm here to talk to you about the show I'm in, "Pippin!"

The show is the first-ever show in the brand new Playhouse on the Square built across the street from the original Playhouse (now the second theater, the Circuit Playhouse) on South Cooper St., Memphis, TN. It is an honor to do this show in particular, I'm not just the only kid in the show, I get to work with Chicago director, Scott Ferguson and Actor's Equity Association member, Sean Blake!

The story is also phenominal, the plot is about a graduate who longs to find his destiny through fighting in a war with his dad, a king and military leader against the Visigoths , running for politics against his father, and ends up living happily in regular life with a wife and a kid (the kid is me!) Now keep in mind, this show has various inappropriate parts throughout the presentation giving it an overall PG-13 rating, there is a whole scene featuring immodestly dressed women attracting Pippin but other than that there's only bad words. It's not terrible, but every parent may not approve.

But it was an awesome experience, the cast of Narnia, the interns only, returned for this new show along with some other actors and actresses I have never worked with including other interns, resident company members, and guest actors like Kent Fleshman, Nicole Hale, Irene Crist, Josh Quinn, Kimberly Blake, Alvero Francisco, Lili Thomas, Stephen Andrew "Standrew" Parker and others. (For a full cast list click right here, wait, no --- here, or maybe here, try all of um' just in case. Oh! And here!)

The show is amazing, and if I haven't bragged about it enough, the songs are fantastically written and sung! There's the opening song, "Magic to Do" features the whole cast minus Me, Pippin, Katherine (the character that is my character's mom) in a spectacular number that features magic tricks, hula hoops, ball-walking, and interaction with the audience while each cast member enters out of a big silver box!

There's "Corner of the Sky", a ballad that describes Pippin's longing to find out what he wants to do with his life sung by Pippin, played by Alvero Francisco. There are many reprises of the song including one sung by me in Act II as the finale song!

Other songs included are "War is a Science" by Alvero Francisco and Kent Fleshman, "No Time at All" by Irene Crist, "Simple Joys" by Sean Blake, and "Morning Glow" by Alvero and the cast.

Oh and I almost forgot, there are many little funny parodies and cultural references, they're hi-larious! One features Pippin and The Leading Player (Sean Blake) doing a parody of an Obama speech, it is so funny!

Now, to rap this post up, from all the scenes I've seen I'd give it a rating of 11 stars out of 10 and 3 thumbs up! And if you wanna see some of it for yourself click right about here! Just be sure you have Quicktime on your computer and watch out there are some pictures from the inappropriate scenes and a part of it is on the video, so ask your parents to watch it with you for safety.

Well.... I gotta go now so I'll post back later hope you have a good time! Talk 2 u later! Bye-bye!