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Alice by Heart is a musical written by the same guy who wrote Spring Awakening (which I have always found funny) and it is a retelling of Alice in Wonderland.
you're probably like "okay but why is it so great"
THIS retelling, features a maybe 15-18 member cast all of which plays multiple characters, except for the female lead, who only plays Alice, as they exist inside of a bomb shelter during WW2.
The entire musical takes place in this one setting, namely a 1940s underground station that serves as a bomb shelter that is beautifully detailed and like, really fantastic.
The musical is about Alice, who claims she knows the book "Alice in Wonderland" by heart and doesn't need the book that the nurse watching them tore up to tell the story. She begins to re-tell this story to her best friend who is very sick and also plays the white rabbit.
If you overlook the sorta horrible British accents they have throughout the show, it's wonderful.
This musical cover the topic of first love, first loss, the fear of growing up, and the fear of running out of time all in one go and handles it beatifully.
but then like, even the way she handles storytelling is great, because the lead is fully convinced she does not need to tell the story exactly how it happens and loves to extend or forget some of the scenes.
In her eyes, her best friend is sick, and by extending this story she is saving his life.
she takes her time, making an already odd story even odder with harmonies in minor thirds and diminished sevenths and duets that are strange and out of place and so very loved.
"Alice by Heart" is a great example of a strange way to retell a fairy tale that I wish more people would take advantage of.
and the urge to write a fanfiction that re-tells a story like this is so high.
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