{"id":106297,"date":"2016-03-10T00:39:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T07:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/m-chs-staging-big-fish-for-spring-musical\/"},"modified":"2016-03-10T00:39:16","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T07:39:16","slug":"m-chs-staging-big-fish-for-spring-musical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/m-chs-staging-big-fish-for-spring-musical\/","title":{"rendered":"M-CHS staging \u2018Big Fish\u2019 for spring musical"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><!-- gallery:1cbaccf6-6bff-4eaf-acd5-4c2da66a2be2 --><br>\n          <!-- gallery:cbf188bf-d4b8-4c3f-a608-9db107b74fc9 --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video wp-block-embed-youtube naviga-video-embed\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OP6IPLrX28w\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Audiences attending Montezuma-Cortez High School\u2019s production of the musical \u201cBig Fish\u201d this weekend can expect to be dazzled by the show, actor Liz Story said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMagic comes to life,\u201d Story said. \u201cIt\u2019s a roller coaster all-in-all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The curtain opens for the show Friday at 7 p.m. at Ralph E. Vavak Auditorium. Additional performances will take place Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., March 18 at 7 p.m. and March 19 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students and seniors. Kids age 5 and under are free.<\/p>\n<p>The musical is based on David Wallace\u2019s 1998 novel and Tim Burton\u2019s 2003 film. In it, Will Bloom is about to become a father. Meanwhile, Will\u2019s father, Ed, is forced to confront his own mortality. \u201cBig Fish\u201d follows Will\u2019s story as he tries to learn more about his father, who is known for telling larger-than-life stories.<\/p>\n<p>The M-CHS show\u2019s director, Nicholaus Sandner, said he chose \u201cBig Fish\u201d because he liked the musical\u2019s themes of family, fatherhood, mortality and legacy. The school drama department\u2019s theme this year is \u201cAll About Family,\u201d so this musical was a good choice, Sandner said.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the first musical the department will stage at the new high school building, Sandner said. He said he\u2019s looking forward to using the new equipment for the ambitious production. The show features more than 10 different locations, including a haunted forest, he said. It also features mythical creatures such as giants and mermaids.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re really excited to try out the new space,\u201d Sandner said. \u201cWe have a really strong cast, and the play has something for everyone. There are lots of emotional moments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Story, who plays Ed Bloom\u2019s wife Sandra, said the show has a little bit of everything. She said the audience can expect not only side-splitting laughs, but also somber tears. She said the audience should expect the unexpected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t sound like what it\u2019s going to be,\u201d Story said.<\/p>\n<p>David Gonzales-Overton plays Ed Bloom. He said he looks forward to the dances, which he said are very well-choreographed and will be fun for the audience.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzales-Overton also said \u201cBig Fish\u201d is humorous but delivers some poignant lessons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m excited to see (the show) come together,\u201d Gonzales-Overton said. \u201cIt has a great lesson about family \u2014 that you always need to be there for each other.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Big Fish\u2019 is first musical in new M-CHS auditorium<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":106298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5736,5735],"tags":[363,21,13,36,910],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-106297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news","tag-arts","tag-cortez","tag-frontpage-lead","tag-montezuma-cortez-high-school","tag-theatre"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106297"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=106297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}