Take My Advice: Go See Dear Edwina
Posted on February 9th, 2009 by Shea
How do you handle an ill-behaved, nose-picking younger brother? If anybody
should know it's Edwina Spoonapple, a girl from Paw Paw Michigan who performs a
musical advice column from her garage. Such is the set-up of the DR2 Kids
Theater's production of Dear Edwina. The situation reminds me of my favorite
Judy Blume stories from childhood and the storytelling of Dear Edwina is just as
vivid and fun as those books are. Add the terrific music and you have the best
of childrens' theater.
With a female heroine, the play would be especially great to take your
tween-aged daughter to, but I promise you there is an amazingly well
played collection of diverse characters, and my 5 year old son loved the
play too! Dear Edwina is chuck full of enough humor, cheerfulness, and wholesome
fun while still being relative and cool for kids of all ages, with great
characters and life lessons so simple even a five year old can understand
without realizing he is learning.
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