Seven-year-old Strawberry is teased by her schoolmates at Harmony Hill Elementary for having bright red hair and freckles. She feels different from everyone else and tries everything to get rid of them!
In this catchy musical, directed by Buddy Crutchfield with choreography by Gail Pennington Crutchfield, Freckleface Strawberry, with the help of her little friends, family and nutty teacher, explores self-consciousness, friendship, and discovers how different and the same we really are.
Through song and dance, Freckleface Strawberry takes us through this journey of discovery complete with the jokes and the humor of the 7 year old character and her friends, with some added kicks for the grown-ups. I giggled throughout the show, but the guy behind me seemed to heartily appreciate the humor.
Based on “Freckleface Strawberry”, New York Times Best Selling book by celebrated actress Julianne Moore, Freckleface Strawberry the Musical, with its intimate stage and setting at the New World Stages at 340 West 50th Street in New York, transported my two girls and me inside the book’s pages to participate in the journey as Strawberry and her friends learn to love the skin they’re in.
It was funny” claimed Nathalie, my 9 year old. I was a little reluctant to take her because I thought she might be a little old. But the upbeat music and the charming characters seemed to appeal to her the most. “I really liked watching the grown-up actors play and talk like little kids” she told me in the car ride home.
As for Ellie, my 3 year old, this was her first musical experience and I was confident that she would enjoy it. What I didn’t expect was how much she would love the experience! Ellie refused to sit through the performance and stood on edge the entire time, clapping and singing along, reciting “fecoface fecoface fecoface stawbeddy” all the way home.
Christina Lianos is a mother of three spirited girls. She holds an advanced degree in JugglingCareerandHome and is certified in Premature Dementia. She is also fluent in both Chaos & Insanity. In her spare time, she works in New York in Corporate HR.
Win a pair of tickets to see Freckleface Strawberry the Musical in New York City!
Contest ends September 30, 2010.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNER:
Kerri Gristina of Bronx, NY