Aiden's third play. Produced and performed by the students of the George Brown School of Performing arts, it was fun but seeing Robert Munsch live would have been better. Aiden liked the musical bits, but lost interest in the dramatic parts.
Munsch Express was promoted as a children's show, and the audience reflected that.
Unfortunately, in framing some of Munsch's tales in an overall play of Munsch becoming a writer of such stories, I think they lost much of the style that has made Munsch so successful with children, in this books and live. Only the "Mmm Cookies!" section followed the Munsch approach, and was the most successful for Aiden (and me).
As Cathy said, Aiden also liked the musical bits a lot too - which demonstrates that my tastes are not identical to a three-year-old's. Not quite, anyway.
Munsch Express was promoted as a children's show, and the audience reflected that.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, in framing some of Munsch's tales in an overall play of Munsch becoming a writer of such stories, I think they lost much of the style that has made Munsch so successful with children, in this books and live. Only the "Mmm Cookies!" section followed the Munsch approach, and was the most successful for Aiden (and me).
As Cathy said, Aiden also liked the musical bits a lot too - which demonstrates that my tastes are not identical to a three-year-old's. Not quite, anyway.