![]() ![]() Gregg Barnes’ attractive costumes are based in reality, with the addition of theatrical flourishes of colour. Scenic design Walt Spangler plays to the magical elements of the story. Given that many of the songs are there for charm rather than plot, Nathan Tysen’s lyrics convey many a lovely sentiment. Chris Miller’s score is very pleasant to hear but leaves no particularly memorable tunes. The relatively slender premise of the novel is expanded upon, mostly successfully, by book writers Claudia Shear and Time Federle. ![]() Given their age differences, Keenan-Bolger gives a very sensitive performance in terms of his character, Jesse Tuck, developing an attraction to young Winnie. The cast is enhanced by Broadway veterans Carolee Carmello, as matriarch Mae Tuck, and Terrence Mann, as the fiendish Man in the Yellow Suit.Įntirely convincing as a sweet seventeen-year-old boy, thirty-year-old actor Andrew Keenan-Bolger seems to have imbibed water from his own real-life fountain of youth. Coming across the mysterious Tuck family in the woods, Winnie slowly becomes involved in their lives, eventually learning their secret. ![]() In a highly auspicious Broadway debut, 11-year-old Sarah Charles Lewis plays 11-year-old Winnie Foster, a precocious youth who is frustrated by the constraints of the year of mourning following the untimely death of her father. The wholesome values may attract conservative families, but without the edge of, say, Matildaor School of Rock, producers may have underestimated the sophistication of modern youth audiences. The fantasy elements suit the musical stage and the story has moments of intrigue, but the overall plot is rather thin, lacking in tension and drive. Handsomely produced, Tuck Everlasting is family friendly fare of the gentle, old-fashioned variety.īased on 1975 American children’s novel Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt, the scenario is a cross between Brigadoon and Pollyanna. ![]()
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