Interview: Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich on Their Junie B. Jones Musical
Junie B.’s Essential Survival Guide to School is a bright and colorful musical for young kids, with plenty of jokes for the grownups, too. Based on the book of the same name by the great Barbara Park, the musical has the title character dispensing advice to youngsters who may be fearful about starting school. She is an expert, after all, having just completed first grade. I found that the presentation, vo…