We took a taxi to Queens Theatre Sunday afternoon to see the Light Wire Theatre's production of The Ugly Duckling for $14. Great value! And it was a chance to see one of the acts from America's Got Talent.
The performers use "electroluminescent" props to create larger than life puppets. All the lights are turned down in the theatre, and then glowing outlines of creatures and their props pop up here and there and disappear just as suddenly.
We enjoyed it, but we were one of two couples there without children. I thought that would be the case, but I really wanted to see this act, and the children laughed at surprising times during the play, which was cute. (They loved it when the little ducks quacked.)
It was a small theatre, and I learned it was one of the pavilions of a 1964-65 World's Fair--not to be confused with the World's Fair. The official World's Fair Committee did not sanction this one. If you're interested, read about it here.
The performers use "electroluminescent" props to create larger than life puppets. All the lights are turned down in the theatre, and then glowing outlines of creatures and their props pop up here and there and disappear just as suddenly.
We enjoyed it, but we were one of two couples there without children. I thought that would be the case, but I really wanted to see this act, and the children laughed at surprising times during the play, which was cute. (They loved it when the little ducks quacked.)
It was a small theatre, and I learned it was one of the pavilions of a 1964-65 World's Fair--not to be confused with the World's Fair. The official World's Fair Committee did not sanction this one. If you're interested, read about it here.
