“It Takes A Rainbow” second production

“It Takes A Rain­bow” with book and lyrics by Emily Clare Thomp­son and music by Richard D. Rus­sell, had its sec­ond pro­duc­tion on May 8, 2014.

Every­one seems to agree this is the most charm­ing (and com­mer­cially viable!) musi­cal yet to come from these collaborators.

For those who need a reminder: “It Takes A Rain­bow” is a sim­ple show for a younger group. The cur­tain rises on a vil­lage of brown lizards who are safe and warm at home, “Where All is Brown.” Sev­eral lizards decide to explore the out­side world, where they find red frogs (“When You’re Seein’ Red”), orange and yel­low frogs (“Cit­rine Samba”) and so on. One by one the lizards change color. They learn that dif­fer­ence is noth­ing to fear. They return home to teach the king and queen that “It Takes A Rainbow.”

It’s a great lit­tle show, about 45 min­utes long, and was a big hit with stu­dents, teach­ers, and par­ents. The stag­ing, while sim­ple, was exceed­ingly effec­tive, espe­cially the costumes!

Here are sev­eral pic­tures from the new pro­duc­tion. Click the image (within your browser) to enlarge.

Always a big crowd for the Thompson/Russell productions!

Queen Wamvua explains the world beyond the bonny brown bog.

…turning…RED!

The lit­tle brown lizards cast off in seek of new colors!

Search­ing high! Search­ing low!

King Upinde and Queen Wamvua are trans­formed: It takes a rainbow!