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Winnie-the-Pooh
From the stories of A. A. Milne
Dramatized by le Clanché du Rand
Music by Allan J. Friedman
Lyrics by A. A. Milne & Kristin Sergel
Additional Lyrics by le Clanché du Rand
June 6, 13, and 20, 2009 and
July 11, 13 - 16, and 18, 2009
From the classic, endearing stories of A.A. Milne comes this sweet musical touring production of Winnie-the-Pooh. Pooh, The Bear of Very Little Brain, and all his friends – Piglet, Rabbit, Eeyore, Owl, Kanga, Roo and Christopher Robin are all on hand for grand adventures.
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Ps and Qs: the ABCs of Manners
A World Premiere
Book by Steven Garfinkel
Music and Lyrics by
Trout Fishing in America
Directed by Mark Adams
July 5 - August 9, 2009
Main Street Theater will premiere P’s and Q’s: the ABC’s of Manners, a new musical for family audiences, in July of 2009.
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| 2009 - 2010 Theater for Youth Season |
Single Tickets begin to go on sale August 1, 2009
Subscriptions now available for 2009 - 2010!
To book School Matinees now, please call 713-524-9196 x101
Click here to submit a request On-line!
(Public, Private or Home Schools only) |
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Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
Based on the book by Doreen Cronin
Adapted for the stage by James E. Grote
Music and Lyrics by George Howe
Lyrics by George Howe and James E. Grote
September 21 - October, 16, 2009 |
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Afternoon of the Elves
Based on the book by Janet Taylor Lisle
Adapted for the stage by Y York
October 26 - November 13, 2009 |
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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Based on the book by Barbara Robinson
Adapted for the stage by Barbara Robinson
November 23 - December 17, 2009 |
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Barbara Park's Junie B. Jones
and a Little Monkey Business
Adapted from the book
JUNIE B. JONES AND A LITTLE MONKEY BUSINESS by Barbara Park
Book, Music and Lyrics by Joan Cushing
February 2 - April 1, 2010 |
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Based on the book by Roald Dahl
April 13 - May 21, 2010 |
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If You Give a Pig a Party
From the series of books by Laura Numeroff
Adapted for the stage by Nancy Schaeffer
Music and Lyrics by B. Wolf
October 7 - October 31, 2008
All of Laura Numeroff’s beloved characters – the Mouse, the Moose, the Pig and even her latest character, the Cat -- are on-hand for this delightful and rollicking musical.
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A Little House Christmas
Based on Little House on the Prairie
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Adapted for the stage by James DeVita
November 11 –December 19, 2008
Join Mary and Laura Ingalls in this Holiday classic as they learn the true meaning of friendship and the Christmas spirit!
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Bud, Not Buddy
From the book by Christopher Paul Curtis
Adapted for the stage
by
Reginald André Jackson
February 3 – 27, 2009
Using some of the clues his Momma left him, Bud runs away from an abusive foster family to look for the man who might be his father. On his search he finds more than he could have possibly imagined.
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The Reluctant Dragon
Based upon the story by Kenneth Grahame
Adapted by Steven C. Anderson
Music by Dana P. Rowe
Lyrics by John Dempsey
March 9 –April 4, 2009
Once upon a time there lived a boy who befriended a lonely dragon who hated such dragonly things as fighting knights and breathing fire.
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Sideways Stories
from Wayside School
Based on the book by Louis Sachar
Adapted for the stage by John Olive
April 14 – May 22, 2009
Wayside School is sideways. That’s how the builder built it. Instead of making thirty classrooms side by side, he built them one on top of the other, which explains why all kinds of crazy things happen there.
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