Friday, October 12, 2007

Charlotte's Web theater review

By Maria Sullivan
Cardinal Staff

On Oct. 5, Saint Mary’s University’s Page Series presented “Charlotte’s Web,” performed by Theatre Works USA.

“Charlotte’s Web” focuses on different aspects of life, such as friendship, heroism, love and even death.
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The audience, which was mostly children, seemed to thoroughly enjoy the performance. There was a lot of laughter and applause all the way through the performance.

Sophomore Brenda Welscher said, “I really enjoyed it. I thought it was cute and funny. I would recommend it for a younger audience. I would not recommend it for the more adult audience, though. The actors put on an amazing performance, though; it was very enjoyable.”

“Charlotte’s Web” is a well-known children’s story that is about a pig named Wilbur. Wilbur, who was going to be killed because he was born too small, had his life saved from this “horrible injustice” because of a young girl named Fern Arable. Throughout the play, Wilbur develops friendships with different barn animals, including a friendly spider named Charlotte and a rat named Templeton, who only looks out for himself.

Once Wilbur learns the devastating news that one day he will become food on someone’s plate, Charlotte agrees to help him survive. Charlotte comes up with a plan to spin messages in her web that helps Wilbur gain popularity to stay alive. She would spin messages, such as, “Some Pig” and “Terrific.” Through all of Charlotte’s help, Wilbur realizes that he really does have true friends looking out for him.

“Charlotte’s Web” was extremely successful because it made the target audience, the children, laugh a lot. The adults seemed to enjoy the story as well.

Junior Colleen Radermacher said, “I thought Charlotte’s Web was well done. I think it has great appeal to kids and also has some comical lines for adults to enjoy. I would recommend seeing this play, especially if you are a child, but adults can be entertained as well.”

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