Based on the book by North Carolina's own Daniel Wallace and the hit movie - Big Fish tells the story of a father with incredible, larger-than-life stories and his son who is determined to find the truth behind his father's epic tales.
Don't miss this heartfelt, powerful, and truly magical musical about fathers, sons, and the stories that we use to define our identities. With spine-tinglingly, beautiful music and lyrics and a funny, heartwarming dialog, Big Fish is a magnificent "big fish" of a tale, itself -- spectacular, fantastical, and overflowing with love. Playing at Kennedy Theatre July 11 - 22.
All shows are at the Kennedy Theatre in the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are on-sale and can be purchased at
http://www.theatreraleigh.com.
Big Fish tells the larger-than-life tale of Edward Bloom (
Timothy Gulan), a man who leads an extraordinary life-according to the stories he tells his son, Will (
Chris Dwan). But Will, who is getting married to Josephine (
Mili Diaz) and expecting a child of his own, doesn't think there's any truth to the extravagant tales his father tells about meeting witches (Chanda Branch), kissing mermaids (Lydia Tart) or joining the circus. He doesn't even believe the story of how his father proposed to his mother, Sandra (
Lauren Kennedy), in a field full of daffodils. When Edward's health begins to decline, Will visits his father and tries one last time to find out the truth behind the tall tales. As Edward and Will's relationship becomes increasingly strained, Will must decide whether to accept his father's wild stories as fact or risk losing him completely.
For more information, go to
http://www.theatreraleigh.com.
Photo Credit: Jennifer Robertson
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