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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Harry Potter Parody Condenses Eight Movies to 90 Minutes

Magic Smoking Monkey Theatre will perform "Stupefy! The 90 Minute Harry Potter" at the Emerson Black Box Theater in December.

Cram eight Harry Potter movies into a 90-minute stage performance and you get something that's pretty fast and pretty silly.  "I think people will be really excited to see the characters they love on stage," Director Suki Lammers said. "We try to emulate the movie but throw a curve ball in there."  Magic Smoking Monkey Theatre will perform "Stupefy! The 90 Minute Harry Potter" in December at the Emerson Black Box Theater at Lindenwood University.  The show was written by Jaysen Cryer. Magic Smoking Monkey Theatre is the sister parody company to the St. Louis Shakespeare Company which performs once or twice a year.  "It's always a parody of a movie or a trilogy," Lammers said. The group has done the One-Hour Lord of the Rings Trilogy, "It's…

Jeanne Malmberg Spencer

6:18 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Will you have this show anywhere else in STL? I have a prior commitment both weekends and really want to see the show with my son, who is a big fan of HP.   more ›

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