PINOCCHIO! comes to CMWWhat do you get when you cross PSQ, Kate Sullivan, a hammer, some sandpaper, a musical saw, puppets and video footage of original paintings and shadow images? You get PINOCCHIO!, Kate Sullivan’s tour de force new musical setting of an old Italian tale. On Friday, the Met School was transformed into a magical story-telling theater. Kate read her narration, a bi-lingual tip of the cap to author Carlo Collodi. She began, “C’era una volta, once upon a time….there was…a piece of wood, un pezzo di legno che piangeva e rideva comme un bambino…yes, it laughed and cried like a baby…” and off they went, with the quartet playing eleven short movements, from “The Workshop” to “La Notatta Orribile” (The Terrible Swim) to “Pesce Cane” (The Dog-Fish). Jesse, Sebastian, Jessie and Sara used their instruments to add the meows of cats, the groans of whales, the eerie harmonics of monsters. (They also got a few chances to ham it up in the acting department.) Audience members of all ages enjoyed the show and had plenty of questions for the composer after the performance. “How did you make Pinocchio walk into the fish?” “Can your musical saw cut real wood?” “When can we see this again?” Good question. We’re working on that one already! –Kate Sullivan, PINOCCHIO composer |
