Nate the Great
Introducing the smallest crime-solving detective in the grand Sherlock Holmes tradition: Nate the Great! In the past, the young sleuth has found missing items ranging from missing pets to lost slippers, but now, locating Annie's lost painting taxes his ingenuity. Nate discovers that although solving a mystery is sometimes a solo act, it's easier and more fun with a companion. This new MUSICAL celebrates teamwork and friendship. It's based on the first book in the series of favorite childhood classics written by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat. Children will laugh, sing, and flex their own sense of curiosity along with Nate and Annie.
Theatreworks/USA
- Thursday, October 2, 2008 -
Grades K - 4
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Curriculum Connections: Performing Arts (Musical Theater), Literature-Based Script, Humor, Just for Fun.
Character Education: Relationship and Family (Friendship), Perseverance, Cooperation, Curiosity, Sense of Humor.
Study Guide: www.theatreworksusa.org
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The Mystery of King Tut
This POP MUSICAL is the story of two men who lived millennia apart: King Tut and Howard Carter. In 1922, after a decade of searching, Carter discovers Tut's tomb, and begins to unravel the mystery of the death of "the boy king." Deciphering hieroglyphics and examining the tomb's evidence, Carter uncovers a tale of murder, politics, and betrayal. With an Egyptian flourish, this MUSICAL flashes back and forth between the story's present in 1922, and 1400 BC, the era of King Tut's brief rule. In the genre of the Raiders of the Lost Ark series, The Mystery of King Tut is an adventure that combines music, a great riddle of the ancient world, and two memorable moments in history.
Theatreworks/USA
- Tuesday, December 2, 2008 -
Grades 5 - 8
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Curriculum Connections: Performing Arts (Musical Theater), Multi-Cultural, Social Studies (Ancient History), Archaeology (Egyptology).
Character Education: Relationships and Family, Curiosity, Perseverance.
Study Guide: www.theatreworksusa.org
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James and the Giant Peach
James is a lonely orphan who lives with his two weird and cruel aunts. After he meets a mysterious stranger, magical things begin to happen in the barren garden in back of their house. Overnight there grows a giant peach, home to enormous and friendly insects. The Spider, Grasshopper, Centipede, and Earthworm rescue James and take him on the adventure of a lifetime, soaring through the sky above danger, aided
by flocks of seagulls. This MUSICAL, based on Roald Dahl's classic story beloved of generations of children, celebrates friendship, trust, and a sense of wonder.
Theatreworks/USA
- Monday, May 4, 2009 -
Grades K - 4
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Curriculum Connections: Performing Arts (Musical Theater), Language Arts, Literature-Based Script, Math, Geography, Science, Just for Fun
Character Education: Relationships and Family, Trust, Tolerating Differences, Courage in Adversity, the Power of Imagination.
Study Guide: www.theatreworksusa.org
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The Color of Justice
The Color of Justice is the story of a courageous young girl who joins a great champion of justice in the battle for equal rights. The play is also the story of America in the 1950s, a time when signs indicating "Colored" and "White" were hung prominently in public places, when schools in many places were still segregated, and when the US Supreme Court upheld the concept "separate but equal." Thurgood Marshall, legal counsel for the NAACP, meets eight-year-old Linda Brown of Topeka, Kansas. The little girl cannot understand why her "colored" school owns only ripped textbooks and hand-me-down school supplies, and why she and her fellow students are obliged to perform menial tasks. Together Linda and the great man undertake a battle against the Ku Klux Klan and other racist elements?a fight they ultimately win for equality and justice under the law.
Theatreworks/USA
- Monday, May 11, 2009 -
Grades 5 - 8
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Curriculum Connections: Performing Arts (Theater), Multi-Cultural, Social Studies (American History), Contemporary Issues.
Character Education: Relationships and Family, Perseverance, Integrity, Tolerance, Courage in Adversity, Intergenerational Cooperation.
Study Guide: www.theatreworksusa.org
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