Like Willow Smith, Rapunzel (Felicia Curry) loves her hair. And why shouldn’t she? It is her crowning glory, her plaything, a transportation system, and until Prince Brian (Jonathan Atkinson) comes along, her only friend. [Read more...]

P. Nokio, written and directed by hip hop performing artist Psalmayene 24, hits a fun and groovy downbeat.  Playing the main character, Psalmayene 24 takes on the stiff mannerisms of an artificial image plucked from an electronic game and given a body by the graffiti fairy, the irresistible Paige Hernandez, who makes dreams come true.  [Read more...]

Imagination Stage’s new musical production of Dr. Dolittle combines two stories, the traditional Dr. Dolittle tale and the story of its origins in letters written home by Hugh Lofting while away at war.  While the approach may initially puzzle the youngest children, the two stories cleverly blend to support common themes about the importance of communication and the value of cooperation over fighting.  This Dr. Dolittle is both entertaining and deeply meaningful, a cut above many children’s offerings. [Read more...]

Overlooked by the powerful, and eager for a chance to prove himself, Aladdin hungers for some sign of magic to pick him up out of life’s daily routine. The same can be said of the target audience for Aladdin’s Luck: children, ages four and up, some of whom are seeing live theatre for the first time. So the show kicks off Imagination Stage’s new season on the right foot, with a spirited hero from a rich canon of stories. [Read more...]

Roll the clock back to Britain’s glorious Gilded Age of 1908 when Kenneth Grahame dreamed up this rambling adventure for his little son about animals with human traits and the importance of friendship. After seven motorcars wrecks, three hospitalizations and a sentencing to 20-years in prison for speeding and car theft, wacky Mr. Toad, who is mad about motorcars, discovers who his real friends are. Sounds like a Grimm’s Fairy Tale.

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Even in this age of iPads, mobile apps and handheld computer games, show-and-tell still holds an irresistible allure for grade-schoolers. The Day John Henry Came to School, a world-premiere play by Eric Pfeffinger debuting at Imagination Stage, affirms the triumph of man over machine. [Read more...]