Spare Times for Children for Nov. 29-Dec. 5 by Laurel Graeber

iLUMINATE: At this hourlong Off Broadway production, it isn't the names that go up in lights. Founded by Miral Kotb, a dancer and software engineer, iLUMINATE uses wireless programs to light…

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Theater Review: Rockettes in 'Radio City Christmas Spectacular' by Laurel Graeber

The New York holiday tradition of the "Radio City Christmas Spectacular" returns, with floating orbs, game consoles and the enduring Rockettes.    

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Theater Review: 'Sleeping Beauty' With the Carlo Colla Marionettes by Laurel Graeber

The Carlo Colla & Sons Marionette Company presents a slightly altered version of "Sleeping Beauty" that emphasizes the second word in the title.    

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Theater Review: 'Tilly the Trickster' Plays Off Molly Shannon's Creation by Laurel Graeber

"Tilly the Trickster," a musical for children from the Atlantic Theater Company, is inspired by Molly Shannon's picture book.    

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Theater Review: 'Timmy the Great,' Family Musical, at Theater for the New City by Laurel Graeber

"Timmy the Great," a musical for children at Theater for the New City, centers on a young prince in a land where everyone pursues the arts.    

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Theater Review: 'The Civil War,' From Theatreworks USA, at Lucille Lortel by Laurel Graeber

Theatreworks USA's production of "The Civil War" is a musical that gives personal faces to some of the hundreds of thousands of casualties in America's bloodiest war.    

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Spare Times for Children for July 19-25 by Laurel Graeber

'Bend in the Road' (Saturday, Wednesday & Thursday) Remember Anne of Green Gables? The heroine of Lucy Mauds Montgomery's 1908 novel of that title, she was a spirited redheaded orphan who al…

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Theater Review: 'Wanda's Monster,' With Laurie Berkner's Tunes, at Theater 3 by Laurel Graeber

With music by Laurie Berkner and a script based on an Eileen Spinelli book, "Wanda's Monster" teaches us that friends can be found in unexpected places.    

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Theater Review: 'The Mark of Zorro' at the New Victory Theater by Laurel Graeber

The Scottish troupe Visible Fictions brings "The Mark of Zorro" to life onstage with only three actors and a few props.

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Theater Review: 'Louis Armstrong,' From Making Books Sing by Laurel Graeber

In "Louis Armstrong: Jazz Ambassador," by Myla Churchill, Armstrong defends his life at the gates of heaven.

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Theater Review: 'Skippyjon Jones,' at Lucille Lortel Theater by Laurel Graeber

"Skippyjon Jones" is a family musical, adapted from Judy Schachner's picture book, which follows the exploits of a Siamese cat who dreams of being a Chihuahua.

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Theater Review: 'Flying Fables' by New Haarlem Arts Theater at City College by Laurel Graeber

In "Flying Fables" a married couple find a trunk in the subway that opens into a world full of characters right out of Aesop's fables, and their childhoods.

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Circus Review: Big Apple Circus at Damrosch Park - Review by Laurel Graeber

The Big Apple Circus's "Dream Big" has no lions or tigers, but a capybara and a crested porcupine, along with horses and humans, deliver ample awe, suspense and amusement.

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Theater Review | 'The Berenstain Bears Live!': Bears With a Treehouse and Tidy Tales for Children by Laurel Graeber

The Berenstain Bears of the durable children's-book series come to life onstage.

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Theater Review | 'Sky Boys' : A Boy and a Building Help Shape Each Other by Laurel Graeber

"Sky Boys," a new musical for families, recreates the period in which the Empire State Building was built, representing rising hope and progress at a time when so much seemed crushed and fal…

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