It's no big trick to trace this campy revival's surprising pedigree: Fedirico Fellini, whose Nights of Cabiria inspired the original Bob Fosse and Neil Simon production and who is dimly present here in the character of Vittorio Vidal. This touring production is less interested in Fellini than in Christina Applegate (here replaced by ' Paige Davis as Charity), who led a revival to Broadway glory a few years back; it's also much more interested in Charity as a dancer than as a prostitute, which she of course totally is. Starlight's bring-the-family ad campaign indicates that this should be a fine chance to teach the kids about subtext.
Through July 15 at Starlight Theatre, 6601 Swope Pkwy., 816-363-7827. Twice Upon a Time: The Lorax and the Emperor's New Clothes writers Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, the team behind this world-premiere musical, have written Broadway tunes that flatten out Dr.
With neither the words to rely on nor much set to speak of, the tale of the Lorax and his vanishing Truffula forest is left almost entirely to the imagination.
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