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Article: Vocals bloom in 'Secret Garden'
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- The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
- Article date:
- April 12, 2005
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At a glanceVenue: ISU Center for the Performing Arts TheatreTimes
and dates: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through SaturdayCost: $9 to $12Running
time: 2 hrs. 35 min., with 15-min. intermission
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As trees and flowers begin to bloom all around us, it seems the
perfect time for Illinois State University's "The Secret Garden," a
lush and lovely musical, with music by Lucy Simon, and lyrics and
libretto by Marsha Norman, based on the children's book by Frances
Hodgson Burnett.
"The Secret Garden " is a special book to many children, right up
there with Burnett's "A Little Princess" and "Little Lord
Fauntleroy." Her story is about regeneration and forgiveness, about
people who heal inside and out ...