Fast-paced, funny and full of visual chicanery, Chicago Children’s Theatre’s Goodnight Moon The Musical Victory Gardens Biograph Theatre, in Chicago, was the perfect afternoon treat for my 5-year-old. Though not too scary, it offered enough elements of surprise, paired with a fair amount of loud sounds and live music, to keep my son on the edge of his seat with anticipation about what Bunny, Mouse, Cow, Bears with Chairs and the Little Old Lady Whispering Hush might do next. |
| My middle guy wants to paint his room green now! |
The repeated references to bed bugs are timely, albeit discomforting, and I’m hoping CTC will post a video at its website with directions to the Handshake Tornado, because that alone was worth the ticket price ($36 adult/$26 child).
My 5-year-old asked if we could go back an upcoming Friday (Nov. 11, Dec. 9 and Dec. 16), when the Theater hosts “pajama parties;” and he said he wished we’d brought his almost-3-year-old brother with us. “Andy would love this,” he said. (Feel free to donate new pajamas to the theater’s pajama bin … pjs will benefit children awaiting adoption, while Scholastic Books will donate an equal number of early learning books for disadvantaged youths. More info at www.pajamaprogram.org.)
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| Mouse was my guy's fave character. |
Playing through Dec. 23, performances of Goodnight Moon the Musical are Tuesday through Friday at 10:15 a.m., Saturday and Sunday at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. and the special Friday night 7 p.m. pajama party performances. For more information or to purchase tickets follow the link and click View Website.
Overall, Goodnight Moon the Musical is a fun 65 minutes for children of all ages, although CCT recommends it for children four and older.
Learn about more things to do with kids in Chicago at www.kidwinks.com.
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