War Horse, the Broadway Show, to Continue at the Lincoln Until Jan. 6

"War Horse," is a theatrical piece currently on show at the Lincoln Center that will be airing until Jan. 6, 2013. "War Horse," can be seen at the complex most of the week with shows running from Tuesdays to Sundays at various times of the day and tickets starting at $50. The show is based on the writing of author Michael Morpurgo and this will be an adaptation of Nick Stafford.

This rendition of Morpurgo's work features a raft of actors and crew. Firstly is the Handspring Puppet Company that operates the large scale puppets that directors Marianne Elliot and Tom Morris utilize.

The current production uses just over 50 characters with the story centered on "Albert Narracott," played by Andrew Durand, "Rose Narracott," played by Alyssa Bresnahan, "Ted Narracott," played by Andy Murray.

The production crew consists of aforementioned directors Tom Morris and Marianne Elliot and they are surrounded by a slew of production specialist.

The Handspring Puppet Company is one unit and they worked with Adrian Kohler and Basil Jones in the production with the two handed the role as puppet designers as well as roles in fabrication and direction of the puppets.

Rae Smith did the set, costumes and drawings, Paul Constable was charged with lighting, Adrian Sutton, music, John Tams was the songmaker while Christopher Shutt handled sound and Greg Pliska took care of music direction.

The company 59 Productions were also involved in the Broadway piece as they did the animation and projection design while Toby Sedgwick was the director of movement and horse sequences.

"War Horse," is a play that the New York Times once said was. "Theatrical magic! Watching Joey take on substance and soul before our eyes is thrilling."

"War Horse," is a story by Michael Morpurgo set in England around the time of World War I that features a young man "Albert Narracott" and his horse "Joey." The pair embarked on separate journeys through the war torn region of Europe to only to be reunited as the war drags on.

War Horse Montage