The holidays have descended upon first-grade Room One and Junie B. Jones (Casie Platt) is of two minds.

On the one hand, she is giddier than Scrooge on Christmas morning with the prospect of the school’s holiday gift shop, which contains such delights as unsullied crayons and the ultimate embodiment of the true meaning of Christmas, the Squeeze-A-Burp toy. [Read more...]

It was a dark and stormy night.  Suddenly the Monroe family returns home from the movies with an abandoned rabbit.  Yet this is no ordinary rabbit — it’s Bunnicula! Will this fanged creature pose a danger to vegetables and mammals alike?  [Read more...]

“Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate’s life for me!”  Arrr–what kid hasn’t wanted to be a pirate?  Well, kids are going to love Imagination Stage’s latest family production, How I Became a Pirate.  Walt Disney understood the attraction of pirates when he created the Disneyland ride Pirates of the Caribbean nearly 50 years ago [Read more...]

The delicate rhythms of grief are explored in Imagination Stage’s affecting The Dancing Princesses, featuring a winsome score by Christopher Youstra and a compassionate book by Allyson Currin. [Read more...]

Though significantly different from Prokofiev’s original symphony of Peter and the Wolf, Imagination Stage’s modern adaptation is a very entertaining show.

The book (Allison Gregory) for the most part stays true to Prokofiev’s story, where young Peter and his friends – bird, duck and cat – work hard to avoid being attacked and eaten by the cunning wolf.  [Read more...]

After the beautiful opening scene of Lyle the Crocodile, I’m holding my breath.  Could the rest of the production be as good?  An hour and a half later, I answer yes.  This is children’s theater at its best. [Read more...]

For kids who are unlikely to sit through 280 pages of the 19^th century book by Johanna Spyri, Imagination Stage’s new musical adaptation of Heidi is an excellent alternative. [Read more...]