Lost & Foundling By Eric R. Pfeffinger Directed by Janet Stanford Produced by Imagination Stage Reviewed by Janice Cane The dark woods are so overdone as a scary-story setting that the forest has lost its fright. And kids these days don’t really wander around in the forest. So why not set a fairy tale in […]
Twice Upon a Time
Twice Upon A Time: Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax and The Emperor’s New Clothes By Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty Directed By Nick Olcott. Produced by Imagination Stage. Reviewed by Max Talisman. Imagination Stage’s Twice Upon a Time opens with a well staged musical number which tells the story of The Lorax. The Lorax is the […]
The Jungle Book
The first review from Kids Stages – our new coverage of theatre for and by kids. ___________________________ THE JUNGLE BOOK A musical based on the book by Rudyard Kipling Music and lyrics by Daniel Levy Book and lyrics by April-Dawn Gladu Directed by Kathryn Chase Bryer Produced by Imagination Stage Reviewed by Johnny Perl The […]
Review: The Hundred Dresses, bullying all dressed up
By Valeria Lamarra with Lorraine Treanor In 1944, Eleanor Estes wrote a children’s book called The Hundred Dresses. Set during the Great Depression, it is about a child who stands by and watches as others tease a classmate for being different. Wanda, a Polish immigrant, is taunted because she is poor and speaks with an […]
Huck Finn’s Story at Imagination Stage
By kids’ theatre reporter Valeria Lamarra with Tim Treanor Huck Finn’s Story, at the Imagination Stage, is a pretty good show. Not great, but pretty good. Huck Finn (Matthew McGloin) was a young boy who ran way from his mean pap (Michael John Casey) to nearby Jackson’s Island. There he met another runaway – Jim […]