"Entertainment has changed and you have to recognize the faster pace and keep things much more concise," he said. A show that might have run two hours 20 years ago will now run about half that time. Over the years, Bernardi has seen audiences respond to tighter storytelling. Written by Kathryn Lasky and illustrated by David Jarvis, Porkenstein concerned the horrific hog created by the lone porcine survivor of the Big Bad Wolf. You have to supply lots of energy and lots of eye candy." The key to successful children's theater, he believes, is "less about how it's written and more about how it's staged. "If I'm entertained by the story I know that chances are good other adults will be, too." "The first person who needs to laugh at the material is myself," Bernardi said. "When a joke doesn't work there's nobody else to blame, so we can fix it right on the spot," he said.īernardi has been writing and directing children's shows for many years and has developed a strong sense of what will appeal to kids and the parent. The artistic director said that one of the advantages of writing and directing is the ease of making changes during rehearsals - Bernardi doesn't have to worry about someone else approving the revisions. It's great to hear the songs come alive and then get to direct my own work," Bernardi said of the latest original musical produced by Pantochino. I write the lyrics with a melody in my mind, but what he gives me is never at all what I imagined.
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