“it has more to say about kindness and hope,
helping adults and children alike believe that the world may just hold more good people than bad.”
helping adults and children alike believe that the world may just hold more good people than bad.”
NJ ARTS
that portrays the divisions in our country and thoughtfully addresses them.”
with likeable but flawed characters dealing with the kind of familial and identity problems that anyone can relate to.”
NY IT AWARDS
BACKSTAGE
…Excellent songs. Who could have imagined that good times could still be had in malls?”
“Buck’s liberty-taking is the kind of which it’s said,
“Buck demonstrates just from the ideas for songs that he’s
TALKIN’ BROADWAY
OFF BROADWAY ALLIANCE
It’s always a welcome surprise when the show ends up being endearing, funny and entertaining to both the kids and the parents in the audience.”
Humor helps avoid preachiness… characters also learn a lesson, but you won’t have to hold your nose: there’s no whiff of sanctimony here.”
For example, Britt and her two feuding friends break into a clever number about the differences in chewing gum. On its own, it’s a funny song, but it’s also a thoughtful way to explore the characters’ differences, and the conflict that these sometimes create.”
NYMF (HONORABLE MENTION)
“We are in a world that even while it may look like New York in 2006, probably is better known to the likes of Samuel Beckett and James Joyce, masters of the modern psyche and probable inadvertent spiritual fathers to this