Description: While we were in Atlantis, we decided to take in a play. Atlantis has a small theater on the premises. We saw
Don't Stop the Carnival, and it was a wonderful production. I couldn't wait to see how Jimmy Buffett pulled off the musical score to a book by Herman Wouk. Wouk is a Pulitzer Prize winning novelist best known for writing expansive war stories! What does war have to do with Margaritaville?! However strange the creative collaboration might have been, Buffett and Wouk put together a wonderfully funny and light play that is well worth seeing. The plot revolves around a New York man's misadventures as the new proprietor of the Gull Reef Club on a tropical island, so the Bahamas is the perfect place for the show to run. The music was upbeat and fun, and the acting was really wonderful. In fact, I bought the soundtrack for the musical on which Jimmy Buffett sings the lead part, and I actually liked the voice of the actor from the Atlantis Theater better (shhh!!!). I believe this play is the prime attraction through the summer of 2001 at the Atlantis Theater, and I would recommend it to anyone. While there is some PG language, my son also really enjoyed the play with its colorful characters and quick moving action, so I'd say other mature children would like watching the dancing, too. We were served frozen drinks (our son had lemonade) in souvenir cups upon entry to the theater to get us into a calypso mood. We really had a great time at this play.
If Don't Stop the Carnival is no longer in the theater at the time of your trip to Atlantis, I can tell you that the production I saw was professional and well done. Future shows at Atlantis will probably meet that same standard.
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