Is Aida appropriate for kids?

[lacool]

My DDs (8 & 10) and I love theater, and Aida is playing close-by next weekend. I know very little about the story. It is appropriate for their ages?

 

[singingpixie]

Well, personally I think it's fine as long as you think they'll be able to sit through a show- the music is fairly modern and there's cool lighting and dancing, so it should hold their interest more than some other shows. So you can judge the content for yourself, here's the plot: (SPOILERS)

Radmes (an Egyptian warrior) is engaged to Ameneris, princess of Egypt. His father arranged the marriage and is poisoning the king so that Radmes will take the thrown soon after his marriage.
Radmes is on a mission in Nubia (south on the Nile) to conquer land, and captures a group of women to be slaves- one of these is Aida, princess of Nubia. She keeps her identity a secret (she would surely be killed if she didn't) and slowly they fall in love. She goes through an inner struggle about whether she is supposed to follow her heart or be loyal to her country. Radmes is torn between marrying this "slave" girl or following through with his arranged marriage. Eventually they choose eachother, and are buried alive together for their crime. Amneris is crowned queen and she ends the war with Nubia, saying that Aida and Radmes shouldn't have died in vain.

There is some kissing, but nothing too sexual. The death (at least in the production I saw) was portrayed by a shrinking box around them until they finally had disappeared behind it.
Have fun if you decide to see it- I saw it on tour years ago, and actually went back the same weekend w/ my mom to see it again!

 

[pat fan]

Well, the version I saw is completely appropriate, but some people take poetic licence with how they present things.

Is this Broadway,local theatre, high school?

We saw it through the local theatre group, and the only questionable thing I can think of is the princess is trying to get her fiance in bed and is off stage calling him to conquor her or explore her or something like that.

Background to that: He doesn't want to marry her, so to avoid that he has been out exploring,sailing and discovering other lands for years.It was played strictly for laughs and not done in a vulgar way or anything. He did not want to go and was rolling his eyes and was very happy when he was called away!

 

[TagsMissy]

I think I was 11 or 12 when I saw Aida.... at EXPO 86 ((I feel old now LOL))

 

[DisneyFan32WI]

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[lynxstch]

OP's kids are now teenagers, so I guess they are old enough by now!

 

[powellrj]

At 18 & 20, I would think it would be fine!

 

[lacool]

Hahahaha! I am the OP. It was perfectly appropriate at the time, and my oldest DD ended up as a slave in her high school production of it! They are now 17 and 19...and we still love theater!

 

[kaytieeldr]

Yay! Closure! Thanks for following up

 

[FlightlessDuck]

Um, I saw it once and didn't remember anything in particular inappropriate.

Well, besides it being boring.

 

[Mage of Disney]

I actually worked backstage at Aida. Well, a school production my older sister was in. It wasn't anything bad, and I think I was in 7th grade at the time.

PS: I'm the youngest DD of OP!

 

[BadPinkTink]

now this is how zombie threads should be, 10 years later the OP comes back and gives an update,

 

[Minnesota!]

I saw M Butterfly at a young age, as well as Rent, and many others. Good theatre is good theater!

 

[Mage of Disney]

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