Tom and I decided we would take in a little culture 'Key West' style. There is a lot of options here to attend here for concerts, local theater and art events even though this is an island. Actually it is very amazing at all that is available now that we are into 'season'. The community college has a large very nice auditorium and 2 other local play house all showing various productions.
There is a local production of the Nutcracker that has been revamped to the local flavor of Key West. It was a delightful production that I wish I could really explain but is hard to put into words. The best I can do is try and explain the differences:
Nutcracker has _____ and Key West Nutcracker has______(insert words below).
- nutcracker to conch shell nutcracker (a nutcracker with a conch shell head)
- mice and the Mouse King to chickens and the Rooster King
- Land of the Sugar Plum Faeries to the Salt Ponds
- Spanish, Chinese, Arabian and Russian dances to Court of the Coral Reef, Reef Fish, Neptune & the Shrimps and Jewels of the Atocha.
The songs and dances were the same but the characters, costumes and stage were all done to KW style. Here is the website if you want to know more or see pictures. nutcrackerkeywest.org
It was an entertaining 2 hours and our favorite part was the kids who played the chickens, reef fish and shrimps. It is amazing what these little ones can do.
So now that we know what is available we plan on attending more!
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