The children’s theater company will bring its latest production, “It’s a Marvelous Paper Bag World!,” to stages in New York this spring.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:36PMA tender reimagining of “The Wizard of Oz” follows Dora, an angsty American teenager who initially rejects her family’s Mexican heritage.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:03AMThis alluring spectacle at Stage 42, which aims to dazzle audiences 8 and older, makes powerful statements about the rights of both animals and human beings.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:07AMThis year’s International Puppet Fringe Festival surveys puppetry traditions from around the globe, and celebrates the legacy of the master puppeteer Ralph Lee.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:04PMIn a musical based on works by the creator of Captain Underpants, an anthropomorphic feline urges young swamp dwellers (and the polliwogs in the audience) to let their creativity run wild.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:13PM‘Fish in a Tree’ at New York City Children’s Theater pulls viewers into the mind of an 8-year-old girl with dyslexia, using projections and immersive sound design.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:47PMAtlantic for Kids’ new play explores sibling relationships, using the delicate weavings of a Hawaiian craft.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:13AMTrusty Sidekick Theater Company has created an outdoor adventure for young people on the autism spectrum.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:43PMOpening with five days of in-person performances, the International Puppet Fringe Festival NYC also includes streaming productions and an exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:54PMA Harriet Tubman monologue, an animated “Sit-In” and a toy theater short about medical inequity deliver useful messages through varied mediums.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:33PMFrom shows based on children’s books to productions that introduce children to global cultures, companies are offering a range of options.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:06PMThere may not be group hikes and s’mores, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be adventure, songs, comedy, art and dance. Here are some programs taking place online.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:06PMTwo new productions use everyday materials and artistic ingenuity to gently warn young audiences of the perils of climate change.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:06PMDespite a meanspirited neighbor — spoiler alert! — things work out just fine.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:54PMTheaterWorksUSA has brought a best-selling children’s book series to the stage in a bubbly, puppet-filled musical.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:36PMThe bizarro, irreverent world of Dav Pilkey, the creator of the Captain Underpants books, has been deftly translated to the Lucille Lortel Theater’s stage.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:48AMThese classics, performed at Theater Row, are not holiday stories per se, but they have much to say about greed and goodness.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:54PMA 9-year-old planting lima beans helps a community question assumptions, in this family theater work based on a young-adult novel by Paul Fleischman.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:48PMFor its free summer theater program, Theatreworks USA has adapted a children’s book series featuring a laid-back, guitar-playing feline hero.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:42PM“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical,” at the Theater at Madison Square Garden, has bucks as well as does, but its message of equality is not fully realized.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:31PMIn “Pip’s Island,” an interactive theater piece, children travel through a dozen installations as they assist adult actors in saving a magical realm.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:18PMMr. Kelly, who performs stand-up that some have found offensively clean, is celebrating his latest project, “My First Comedy Album,” in shows this weekend.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:36PM“Mr. Popper’s Penguins,” at the New Victory Theater, stars life-size puppets as the creatures that upend a sedate couple’s lives — and warm their hearts.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:03PMBonnie Duncan uses a clothesline as both set and plot device in this solo family show about a battle of wits between a little girl and a mischievous rodent.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:56PMRobert Lopez, a songwriter for “Frozen,” and Adam Koplan created this Atlantic for Kids adaptation, an exuberant musical with both actors and puppets.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:49PMThis City Parks Foundation production at the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theater in Central Park features a clever update of the fairy tale.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:52PMThis year’s Theatreworks USA free summer production, at the Lucille Lortel Theater, is based on “Junie B.’s Essential Survival Guide to School.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:38AM“Liberty: A Monumental New Musical,” by Dana Leslie Goldstein and Jon Goldstein, brings historical figures and one statue to life at 42West.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:51PMThis adaptation by New York City Children’s Theater stays true to the novel’s premise but, unlike the book, is full of comedy.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMFamily theater in this case means graphic, high-speed and sometimes fiery demonstrations of the laws of physics.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:15PMThis Atlantic for Kids production at the Linda Gross Theater packs in surprises while offering lessons on gender roles and income inequality.
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