The codirector and screenwriter Jared Bush, cowriter and songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda, codirector and screenwriter Charise Castro Smith, and Stephanie Beatriz at the world premiere of Walt Disney Animation Studios' Encanto at El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California, on November 3.Īlberto E. Most of that stuff will probably go over their heads, as they'll be too busy immersed in the catchy musical numbers. Yeah, "Encanto" gets deep (bring some tissues), but don't worry. This ranges from a black sheep in the family named Bruno, whom the family refuses to acknowledge (Disney really has it out for characters named Bruno this year) to other family members who feel under constant pressure to be perfect.īy the film's end, you may feel inspired to seek out and make amends with any family members you haven't talked to in a while. Though the Madrigal family seems idyllic to villagers from the outside, once the layers are pulled back, you slowly realize there are cracks in the foundation of what's holding the magical family together. What happens when those expectations are too high? What happens when you don't speak up and you cave under the weight of the pressure? In turn, those gifts are used to help strengthen and serve their community.Īt its core, "Encanto," from Howard, Bush, and the codirector Charise Castro Smith, focuses on the pressures of living up to unrealistic expectations and family ideals. In addition to the magical house, all the Madrigal children gain a magical gift when they turn 5, such as super strength or the ability to heal.
Their large, colorful home, lovingly called La Casita, feels as if it operates according to the same charming magic that enchanted the objects in 1991's " Beauty and the Beast." The shutters wave, the tiles dance, and items move magically around the kitchen. The story follows the Madrigal family, who've been blessed with magic after tragedy. (Coincidentally, two of its codirectors, Byron Howard and Jared Bush, also worked on "Zootopia." There's obviously some magic in that pairing.) Walt Disney Animation's 60th film is the company's best in the past six years since the back-to-back releases of " Zootopia" and " Moana" in 2015.
"We want to be welcoming back the world to Atlantic Canada, and our goal is to throw the biggest party we can possibly throw and give everybody a really strong reason to come back to this region and to celebrate the Atlantic Canadian people and our way of life," he said.Īs previously announced, Anne of Green Gables-The Musical will be returning to The Confederation Centre of the Arts' main stage for the festival, after the pandemic ended its record run as the longest-running seasonal musical in 2020." Encanto" is a beautiful and vibrant celebration of a family, filled with the enchanting magic of "Beauty and the Beast" and the heart of Disney and Pixar's "Coco." The rest of the festival will also have a strong East Coast theme, which Brazier said reflects their optimism for 2022. "With Alan's music on top of that, the thing just screams, you know, Atlantic Canada," Brazier said. But it deals with it in such a fun, lighthearted and hilarious way."ĭoyle partnered with Come From Away music director Bob Foster to write the music and lyrics. "Those are some really harsh realities of living here, and so the play deals with that. "Every aspect of that story is relevant to living in Atlantic Canada, where there are communities that only get a doctor for a few weeks every year, there are communities that you know when a when a plant shuts down, they have to relocate and find another place to live," Brazier said. The musical is based on the screenplay The Grand Seduction by Ken Scott. The script of the musical was co-written by Doyle, Confederation Centre artistic director of performing arts Adam Brazier and Ed Riche. And this plan, which looks completely sketchy to everybody else around him, as far as Frank is concerned, is bulletproof." rural town like Tell Tale Harbour is totally doable. "I play the guy who convinces himself and everybody else securing the doctor in a. I play the head conjurer of the tales being spun in Tell Tale Harbour," he said.
The musical, which Doyle co-wrote, will tell the story of a struggling fishing village in Atlantic Canada, whose residents come together to bring a frozen fry factory to town.
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