Friday, October 19, 2018

Île à Vache 🐄 Haiti 🇭🇹

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Île-à-Vache, Haiti's Hidden Paradise 
 
 This is Île-à-Vache (Spanish: Isla Vaca; English: Cow Island) one of Haiti's hidden jewels. It lies in the Baie de Cayes about 6.5 miles off the coast of the country's southwest peninsula, roughly between the City of Les Cayes and Pointe l'Abacou. With its sugar-white beaches, verdant mountains and valleys brimming with tropical vegetation, this beautiful island is considered one of the most peaceful and romantic get-aways in the Caribbean.

With a population of approximately 20,000 people and an untouched ecosystem, Ile-à-Vâche remains one of the rare havens that (so far) does not accommodate cars or other four-wheel motorized vehicles. At a mere 30 minutes ferry ride from the port of Les Cayes, its character hasn’t changed over the years.

The island's modern history goes back to the discovery of Hispaniola in 1492, when it was first known to be Spanish territory, until it was turned to the French after the Ryswick Treaty of 1687 that ended a war between France and Spain. Over the two centuries, it was a place for both Spanish settlers and later the French buccaneers to safely raise their cattles, thus its name Isla Vaca (Spanish) or Ile-à-Vâche in French.

In 1697, the island of Hispaniola was formally divided between Spain and France in the Treaty of Ryswick which ended the Nine Years War. France assumed control of the western half of Hispaniola and named it Saint-Domingue, which later became "The Republic Haiti", the world's first black nation to gain its independence by successfully revolting against French colonization and slavery in 1804.

Music credit:
"Ayiti" by Michel Martely 

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Île à Vache is a small Caribbean island lying off the south-west peninsula of Haiti near the town of Les Cayes. Administratively it is part of the Sud Department. It is about 8 miles long, 2 miles wide, with an area of 20 square miles
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Île à Vache (French, also expressed Île-à-Vaches, former Spanish name Isla Vaca, both translated as Cow Island) is a small Caribbean island lying off the south-west peninsula of Haiti near the town of Les Cayes
Administratively it is part of the Sud Department. 
It is about 8 miles (13 km) long, 2 miles (3.2 km) wide, with an area of 20 square miles (52 km2). 
The western end of the island is up to 150 metres (490 ft) high and rolling with several small swamps in the valleys; while the eastern section is swampy, and has a lagoon with one of the largest mangrove forests in Haiti. 
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It is one of the most popular tourist sites in Haiti and it has some of the best island scenery in the Caribbean. The population of the island is somewhere between 10,000-15,000 inhabitants. 

There are two tourist resorts on the island, the Port Morgan and Abaka Bay.
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Hotel Port Morgan
Île à Vache 🐬
 DJI Phantom 3 drone footage
Drone footage of our stay in Hotel Port Morgan during our family vacation in Haiti 2017. It was an amazing trip. Footage was filmed by me on a DJI Phantom 3 Standard. Easy to fly and despite the editing all footage looked as though it was done by a professional. Île-à-Vache, is a Caribbean island, one of Haiti's satellite islands. It lies in the Baie de Cayes about 6.5 miles off the coast of the country's southwest peninsula, roughly between the town of Les Cayes and Pointe l'Abacou.
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Île à Vache is a Caribbean island located in the Baie de Cayes, just south of Haiti. During the Golden Age of Piracy, it served as a French trading post.



Abaka Bay Resort
where time stands still…
Abaka Bay Resort voted “57th most beautiful beach in the world” CNN 2013 Top 100 Most beautiful beaches in the World.

https://www.abakabay.com



Abaka Bay Resort
Là où le temps s’arrête...
Abaka Bay est l’une des plus belles destinations au monde!
La plage de Abaka Bay Resort classée 57ème parmi les plus belles plages du monde selon (CNN Top 100 plus belles plages du monde.)
Découvrez les épaves aux trésors
L’île-a-vache est un petit joyau de terre charmant et discret situé a quelques brasses de la côte sud-ouest de l’île d’Haiti, en face de la ville des Cayes.
Constamment caressée par les doux alizés et les flots bleus de la mer des Antilles, cette île minuscule offre un environnement naturel des plus attrayants aux visiteurs désirant se détendre et se recréer a l’abri des tumultes de la grande ville. L’un des grands amiraux de cette période, en l’occurrence le capitaine Henry Morgan (1635-1688) entreprit plusieurs expéditions contre les possessions espagnoles dans les Antilles, l’île-a-Vache fut l’un des ses repaires privilégiés. L’histoire rapporte que de nombreux vaisseaux chargés de butins de toutes sortes auraient sombré dans les environs. Conséquemment plusieurs expéditions eurent lieu au cours des siecles a la recherche d’épaves et de leurs cargaisons.
Aujourd’hui, il n’est pas rare de surprendre quelques visiteurs allongés sur le sable fin avec une énorme coquille de conche (communément appelée Lambi) rivée a leurs oreilles et scrutant l’horizon, a la recherche de quelques échos de l’histoire.
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What to do at Île à Vache



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Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Place de l' Indépendance + Palais National

Palais National
Place de l' Indépendance
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Port-au-Prince, Haiti c.1924
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Casernes Dessalines

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Monday, May 7, 2018

Palais National Demolition Time-Lapse

Palais National D´Haiti 
Demolition Time-Lapse

Watch and share this cinematic time-lapse movie of demolition for the Haiti National Presidential Palace. 
The palace was demolished in a monumental step forward in the continued recovery efforts from the devastating earthquake in 2010. 
Located in capital city, Port-au-Prince, EarthCam's webcam captured all demolition activity from September 5, 2012 - December 9, 2012.



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Saturday, April 28, 2018

Jean Luc Princivil - "Mesi Bondie"

Jean Luc Princivil
"Mesi Bondie"

A memorial service hosted by the CARICOM Caucus of Ambassadors in honour of the victims of the earthquakes in Haiti and Chile. Courtesy of Edmond Saint-Jean & Musicalway Videos & Photos Production. 03-21-2010.




Friday, April 27, 2018

Favïola Haïti

Favïola Haïti
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Czardas de Vittorio Monti

Violoncelle : Dickens Princivil
Tambour :   Hernso

Biographie
Fabienne Gérard Philipe Auguste
Née un 13 Août a Port-au-Prince


Venez découvrir mon univers musical,
c'est un mélange de classique , traditionnels, hip pop, jazz, reggae, dance hall, rock, reggaeton

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Si Bondye de Yole & Ansy Dérose


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Rex 📽️Théatre

Rex 📽️ Théatre
The Rex Cinema Opened in 1935
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Cinema

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Rex Théatre en Construction
Part 2

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Rex Théatre
Un Patrimoine à Sauvegarder
Le ministère de la culture d'Haïti promet de réhabiliter le Rex Théatre à Port-au-Prince. 
Un reportage sur l'histoire du Rex avec ses spectacles fameux de 1935. 
Le grand cinéaste haïtien Arnold Antonin exprime ses voeux de restauration splendide. 
L'ambassadeur de France en Haïti, Didier le Bret, veut s'engager dans la programmation. 
Un nouveau centre culturel ou les haitiens vont se trouver ensemble.



Rex Theatre Plan
Here is a picture of Rex Theatre plan after the rehabilitation work are completed.
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The plan is to have both Rex and Triomphe movie theaters fully functional in the future.
This falls in the overall plan to rehabilitate the Capital city of Haiti, Port-au-Prince
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Haitians gather in front of the Rex Cinema
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, circa 1950
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Thursday, January 25, 2018

Conan Thanks The People of Haiti

Conan Thanks The People of Haiti
For Their Hospitality

Conan’s Haitian Creole translator Lu Louis returns to help Conan convey a message of thanks to the people of Haiti.

CONAN on TBS  #ConanHaiti premieres Saturday, January 27th on TBS.



Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Conan O’Brien Receives Rough Reception In Haiti

Conan O’Brien
Receives Rough Reception In Haiti
Because Of Donald Trump

“Make sure Trump knows that you guys are the ones who have bullied us, and have caused us to be in the state that we’re in.”
By Lee Moran



Conan O’Brien did not receive the warmest of welcomes during his recent trip to Haiti.

Angry locals berated the late-night talk show host and his camera crew while they were filming for the upcoming “Conan Without Borders” episode in the Caribbean country’s capital of Port-au-Prince.
“We’re being told through our interpreter that when Americans come here they only shoot the bad things, which obviously is not what we want to,” said O’Brien, in a preview clip shared online late Wednesday. O’Brien decided to visit Haiti after President Donald Trump reportedly called the country a “shithole.”

O’Brien explained to locals via a translator that the “reason I have come to Haiti is because I and a lot of Americans are angry at what President Trump said, so I wanted to come here and show positive, great beautiful things about Haiti.”

But one woman was not having it:
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“Make sure Trump knows that you guys are the ones who have bullied us, and have caused us to be in the state that we’re in,” she added.

All was not lost. O’Brien ended up charming his audience with a speech in Creole - and then further bonded with locals, and the woman, with a Trump-themed joke.

Check out the clip above. “Conan In Haiti” airs Jan. 27.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/conan-obrien-haiti-donald-trump_us_5a69a6dae4b002283009754b?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009


Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Caracol Reef

Caracol Reef
Haiti 
Malfini Photography

Quick day trip to the Caracol reef. It's funny how sometimes the road less traveled and the most unvisited places are the most amazing.

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Tour of Downtown Port-au-Prince 🌴 Gopro

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Port au Prince - Centre ville
Haiti  Gopro
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Place du Champ de Mars
Port au Prince

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Haiti Beautiful Places
2017
The beauty of Haiti not shown on television. When it comes to Haiti, the international media always go to the worst area of Haiti giving the country a bad image and scaring potential tourists. Although it is true that Haiti is very poor but there are beautiful places to go, things to do or to see. 
The country is beautiful and has a lot of potential. I predict Haiti will be once again the pearl of the Caribbean in years to come. The problem with Haiti is that it lacks a caring government and investments. Haiti has been brain drained. Most rich and professional Haitians have left Haiti. Hence the Haitian diaspora lacks caring people who are willing to come back and help the country. There are 6 smaller islands belonging to Haiti. All of them with impressive beauty and pristine beaches.


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Monday, January 15, 2018

Once on This Island 🌴

🌴 Once on This Island
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Once on This Island is a one-act musical with a book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty. Based on the 1985 novel My Love, My Love; or, The Peasant Girl by Rosa Guy, it is set in the French Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The show includes elements of the Romeo and Juliet story and elements of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale The Little Mermaid. It concerns a peasant girl on a tropical island, who uses the power of love to bring together people of different social classes.
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The original Broadway production ran from 1990 to 1991, and the West End production opened in 1994, where it won the 1995 Olivier Award for Best New Musical. The musical is currently being revived on Broadway in a production that opened on December 3, 2017 after being in previews since November 9, 2017 at the Circle in the Square Theatre.

Lynn Aherns and Stephen Flaherty’s Once on This Island is back! This gorgeous retelling of one of musical theater’s most beloved stories is bursting with Caribbean colors, rhythms and dance.
Synopsis
One stormy night in the Antilles archipelago, thunder booms, making a small girl cry in fear. To comfort her, the village storytellers tell her the story of Ti Moune, a peasant girl who falls in love with a grand homme, Daniel Beauxhomme – a story of life, pain, love, grief, faith, and hope. 
In this story, four gods: (GIFs by desiree-dieu-donne)
Asaka: Mother of the Earth

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Agwé: God of Water
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Erzulie: Goddess of Love
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Papa Ge (Guédé): Demon of Death
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rule an island known as the Jewel of the Antilles (also known as Haiti) where poor peasants worship them (Prologue/"We Dance"). The peasants, "black as night", live on one side of the island, and the grands hommes, lighter-skinned descendants of the original French planters and their slaves, live on the other. One day, Agwe unleashes a terrible storm upon the island, which in turn causes a disastrous flood, wiping out many villages. However, the gods save the life of a little orphan named Ti Moune by placing her in a tree above the flood's waves. She is found and subsequently adopted by the peasants Mama Euralie and Tonton Julian ("One Small Girl").
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Years afterwards, a grown-up Ti Moune prays to the Gods to let her know her purpose, and to let her be like the fast-driving strangers on the roads near her village - the grands hommes ("Waiting for Life"). Hearing her plea, the Gods laugh at her. However, Erzulie says to give her love, because it is stronger than any of the other elements. Offended, Papa Ge proposes a bet to prove which is stronger: love or death. Agwe arranges for the car of Daniel Beauxhomme, a young grande homme, to crash during a storm so that Ti Moune may meet Daniel and restore him to health ("And The Gods Heard Her Prayer/Rain"). Despite the objections of the other peasants including her own parents, Ti Moune helps the intruder recover ("Pray"). Ti Moune falls in love with the stranger and as she cares for the unconscious boy, she imagines he loves her too. When Papa Ge comes to take Daniel's life, Ti Moune offers her life in exchange for Daniel's so that he will not die ("Forever Yours"). Papa Ge is angry but leaves, hinting he will return – sooner or later, as her life now belongs to him.

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Tonton travels to the other side of the Island to seek Daniel's family at the Hotel Beauxhomme. When Tonton returns, he brings with him the story of Daniel's people: Four generations ago, during the Napoleonic era, a French aristocrat named Armand colonised the island. Although Armand had a wife, he had affairs with several natives, one of which bore him a son, named Beauxhomme. When Beauxhomme grew up, war broke out between the peasant locals and the French. The peasants won the war with Beauxhomme's help. Beauxhomme banishes Armand back to France, but before leaving, Armand curses Beauxhomme and his descendents saying their "black blood will keep them forever on the island, while their hearts yearn forever for France." To this day the curse causes future Beauxhommes to alienate the peasants for reminding them of their homeland ("The Sad Tale of the Beauxhommes") as well as some of Daniel's people to take the boy back. Ti Moune is tearfully separated from Daniel and tells her parents that she will go after Daniel to marry him. Ti Moune's parents reluctantly let her go ("Ti Moune"). During her travels, she encounters the goddess Asaka who tells her not to fear as the Earth will give her everything she needs on her journey to Daniel ("Mama Will Provide"). Ti Moune travels across the island ("Waiting For Life (Reprise)"). The storytellers then relate the story of her difficult journey to the city (including being forced to wear too-tight shoes) through the hotel gates and finding Daniel's room ("Some Say"). Daniel, still ill and unable to walk, does not remember her but believes her after she describes the scar on his chest. As they stay together, Erzulie gives them the gift of love ("Human Heart"). Daniel ignores the townspeople's gossiping ("Pray (Reprise)") over the unlikely relationship of a rich Beauxhomme and a poor peasant. Daniel delights in Ti Moune's differences from the rich girls in his life, noting that "some girls you marry, some you love" ("Some Girls").

At a ball held at the hotel, Andrea Deveraux, a daughter of Daniel's family friends, cajoles Ti Moune to dance for them (her ulterior motive being to make her look bad in front of the grande hommes). Ti Moune does dance and gains the admiration of the rich society members. Afterwards, Ti Moune learns that Daniel is engaged to be married to Andrea ("When We Are Wed"). Daniel, reminded of his responsibilities, must go through with the arranged marriage, although he insists they can be lovers forever. Ti Moune is crushed. Papa Ge reappears and reminds Ti Moune of her promise to exchange her life for Daniel's – but says she can revoke the bargain if she kills Daniel ("Promises/Forever Yours (Reprise)"). Ti Moune enters Daniel's room with a knife, but she still loves him too much to kill him - proving love is stronger than death. However, Daniel finds Ti Moune with the knife. Appalled at the attempted murder, the Beauxhommes throw her out of the hotel grounds.

She waits for days to meet Daniel at the gate. As Daniel and Andrea are married, they follow an old tradition of throwing coins to the peasants outside the hotel gates. Ti Moune calls to Daniel who places a silver coin in Ti Moune's hand and leaves. The storytellers tell how Erzulie took her by the hand and led her to the ocean where Agwé allowed her to drown peacefully. Papa Ge received her gently and brought her back to shore where Asaka transformed her into a tree ("A Part Of Us").

The tree becomes a celebration of life and love that cracks open the gates of the hotel, allowing those of all social statuses to become one. Her legacy brings together another peasant girl and a new young grande homme, Daniel's son, as they play in her branches. The storytellers share with them a retelling of the story how a peasant girl proved the power of love could bring together the people of the island. It helps us to remember, to forgive - and out of what we live and we believe, our lives become the stories that we weave. As the musical ends, the little girl who was frightened by the storm begins to retell the story herself ("Why We Tell The Story").
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Characters
  1. Ti Moune - A peasant girl.
  2. Little Ti Moune - Ti Moune as a child.
  3. Daniel Beauxhomme - A grande homme; Ti Moune's love interest ("Beauxhomme" means "beautiful man").
  4. Papa Ge - The sly Demon of Death who is the main antagonist of the show. He tricks the main character into giving her life for another. He is seen as a skeleton and is very sneaky. The people on the island fear him because of what he represents: the unknown that is death.
  5. Erzulie - beautiful Goddess of Love; the foil to Papa Ge
  6. Agwe - God of Water
  7. Asaka - Mother of the Earth
  8. Mama Euralie - Ti Moune's adoptive mother
  9. Tonton Julian - Ti Moune's adoptive father
  10. Andrea Deveraux - Daniel's promised wife; also "Madame Armand"
  11. Armand Beauxhomme - Daniel's stern father.
  12. "Armand" - The ancestor of Armand.
  13. Gatekeeper - The Hotel Beauxhomme's fierce guard (commonly played by Armand).
  14. The Little Girl - A young girl who is told the story of Ti Moune.
  15. Daniel's Son - Daniel's young son (commonly played by Daniel's actor).
    Storytellers/Gossips - Various Grands Hommes and peasants (in most productions, the storytellers are shown as also playing the parts of the Gods).
Note: The original cast was chosen along racial lines with darker-skinned actors portraying the peasants and lighter-skinned actors portraying the upper-class landowners. In the script, the writers provide small line changes that can be used to remove references to skin color to accommodate multi-ethnic productions, while preserving the storyline about differences between the upper and lower classes. 


Production history
Once on This Island was originally staged at Off-Broadway's Playwrights Horizons, running from May 6, 1990 through May 27, 1990. The Broadway production opened on October 18, 1990 at the Booth Theatre and closed on December 1, 1991, after 469 performances and 19 previews. With direction and choreography by Graciela Daniele, the musical featured LaChanze as Ti Moune, Jerry Dixon as Daniel, Andrea Frierson as Erzulie, Sheila Gibbs as Mama Euralie, Kecia Lewis as Asaka, Gerry McIntyre as Armand, Milton Craig Nealy as Agwe, Eric Riley as Papa Ge, Ellis E. Williams as Tonton Julian and Afi McClendon as Little Ti Moune. In 2002, the original Broadway cast was reunited with special guest Lillias White to perform the show for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund.
The European premiere took place in 1994, hosted by the Birmingham Rep, and then transferred to the West End Royalty Theatre (now the Peacock Theatre) in September 1994. The production won the Olivier Award for Best New Musical.


The musical was revived
  1. in the UK in 2009 at Birmingham Rep, Nottingham Playhouse, and the Hackney Empire Theatre in London. Susie McKenna directed, with Sharon D. Clarke reprising her 1994 role as Asaka.
  2. In June 2012, the Paper Mill Playhouse presented a production directed by Thomas Kail, Syesha Mercado as Ti Moune and Darius de Haas as Agwe.
The first Broadway revival of Once on This Island, planned by producer Ken Davenport and directed by Michael Arden, began previews on November 9, 2017 and officially opened on December 3 at the Circle in the Square Theatre. The choreographer is Camille A. Brown. The cast includes Hailey Kilgore as Ti Moune, Isaac Powell as Daniel, Alysha Deslorieux as Andrea, Phillip Boykin as Tonton Julian, Kenita R. Miller as Mama Euralie, Alex Newell as Asaka, Merle Dandridge as Papa Ge, Quentin Earl Darrington as Agwe, Lea Salonga as Erzulie and David Jennings as Armand.
  1. Music     Stephen Flaherty
  2. Lyrics     Lynn Ahrens
  3. Book     Lynn Ahrens
  4. Basis     My Love, My Love; or, The Peasant Girl
  5. by Rosa Guy
  6. Productions     1990 Broadway
  7. 1994 UK/European Premiere
  8. 1995 West End
  9. 2009 UK Revival
  10. 2017 Broadway revival
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Once on This Island 🌴 Videos 🌴 Reviews 🌴

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The Search for Ti Moune
Our team is conducting an unprecedented international casting search for the role of Ti Moune in ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, coming to Broadway November 9th, 2017.

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Once On This Island - Waiting for Life

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Once On This Island - Some Girls


Once On This Island - Mama Will Provide

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Revived and RavishingNYT Critic’s Pick Broadway, Musical 1 hr. and 30 min.Open Run Circle in the Square, 235 W 50th St. 212-239-6200
By JESSE GREEN   DEC. 3, 2017

I wasn’t expecting the goat in diapers.
Nor did I arrive at Circle in the Square the other night anticipating the panorama of village folk barbecuing on the beach, fishing in the lagoon and going about their daily business in a joyful preshow panorama on the theater’s lozenge-shaped stage.
Had the show never started, I would have been quite content.
But then it did, and all I can say is that after a dismal theatrical fall, in which even the highlights seemed ashen, what a delight it is to enter the world of “Once on This Island.” The musical, first seen on Broadway in 1990, opened on Sunday in a ravishing revival directed by Michael Arden.
You may not know that name, though if you saw Mr. Arden’s reformulated “Spring Awakening” for Deaf West Theater in 2015, you’d remember his signature. It’s a big signature, maximally decorative and triply underlined.
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Once on This Island is a joy-filled Caribbean escape on Broadway: EW review
There’s a beach smack in the middle of Broadway, and it might just be the ideal break from the cold outside or the hustle and bustle of the holidays. The new production of Once on This Island at the Circle in the Square theater manages to put that post-vacation sea air swing right back into your step.


Read More: http://ew.com/theater/2017/12/03/once-on-this-island-broadway-review
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Learn About the Incredibly Vibrant Love Story Once on This Island - Sep 4 2017
Lynn Aherns and Stephen Flaherty’s Once on This Island is back! This gorgeous retelling of one of musical theater’s most beloved stories is bursting with Caribbean colors, rhythms and dance.


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The gods of ONCE ON THIS ISLAND


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