1/16/2024 0 Comments Tuck everlasting ratingHere Winnie is back in the role of curious child, in search of adventure in a wider world and encountering an enchanting family that understands her.ĭad Tuck (Michael Park) fills Winnie’s need for a paternal role model and offers the show’s melodic homily in “The Wheel” (“You can’t have living without dying”). The musical smartly returns the young heroine to the age of 11, after Disney’s dismal 2002 film version made the story a lifeless teen romance. There, she learns that about a hundred years earlier the Tucks accidentally sipped from a magical spring nearby and have remained frozen in age, immortal ever since. Feeling constrained by her overprotective mom, she runs away from home and comes across teen-like Jesse Tuck (Andrew Keenan-Bolger) and his mysterious brood, living deep in her family’s woods. There’s a bit more humor, but still not enough salt and vinegar to give the sweetness some kick.īased on the 1975 children’s book by Natalie Babbitt, the musical centers on a self-possessed 11-year-old girl (a strong-voiced Sarah Charles Lewis, making an impressive debut) at the turn of the 20th century in New Hampshire, where she lives with her recently widowed mother (Valerie Wright) and feisty nana (Pippa Pearthree). The opening number is sharper, one tune is repositioned to greater effect and the role of one supporting character is expanded. Since its premiere last year at Atlanta’s Alliance Theater, the show - with nearly the same talent - has been tightened and brightened, with Tim Federle joining the creative team as co-book writer with Claudia Shear.
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