Nina Meehan Creates Baby Bus Driver School by Rosa del Duca From the start, it’s clear parents and toddlers are in for an interactive experience at Bay Area Children’s Theatre’s latest production, “Wheels on the Bus.” There are no seats in the theater. Instead, we are invited to pick a spot on the carpet,…
Millennial Notes Tobin & La Puma Illuminate Great Feminist Lives by Jordan Freed “She Persisted, the Musical” takes its name and inspiration from Chelsea Clinton’s 2017 children’s book. She highlights the exploits of incredible women who changed American history and culture. Now, Bay Area Children’s Theatre brings the book onstage in a spectacular production….
Hannah Dworkin Tours U.S. with Famous Feline by Nicholas Leither It isn’t until I sit down in my seat and strike up a conversation with a six-year-old named Maddy that I learn that “Peg + Cat” in Castro Valley, California is actually a PBS television series. “Watch the ‘Tree Problem’ episode,” Maddy tells my…
Austin Zumbro, Andrew Mondello Rock the Show by Nicholas Leither If art is a stuffy, elitist activity that costs a lot of money and produces a lot of sneers, you wouldn’t know it watching Bay Area Children’s Theater’s new musical “Beautiful Oops!” based on the popular children’s book by Barney Saltzberg. In “Oops!” art…