It all starts with Marty the Zebra—he causes all the trouble and commotion in “Madagascar, Jr. – A Musical Adventure,” which opens for a three-week run at the Landers Theatre, 311 E. Walnut, on Thursday March 22 nd . One of Springfield Little Theatre’s YES Troupe players, Andrew Wilson, plays Marty. Based on the DreamWorks animated film, this new musical is about the residents of New York’s Central Park Zoo. Most of them, like Alex the Lion (played by Jacob Winter), have spent their lives in contented captivity before an adoring public—Alex in particular is the zoo’s main attraction, practically a rock star. But Marty the Zebra one day realizes, “Hey, I can get out of this place and go to ‘the wild,’” says actor Andrew Wilson, a local home-schooled freshman last seen on the LT stage as Baby John in “West Side Story.” “So (Marty) gets out and ends up bringing his friends along with him.” “He’s got moves, he’s got style, he’s got ambition,” adds director Lorianne Dunn. “He’s got it all.”
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