Review: 'Orphie and the Book of Heroes' at the Kennedy Center is an epic success

To keep from hearing the Sirens -- the Greek mythological beings whose songs lured men to their deaths -- Odysseus's mariners famously stopped their ears with wax. Good thing the sailors never encountered the Sirens who seem to float in a pool of candy-colored tulle in the irresistible new children's musical "Orphie and the Book of Heroes." These fantastical ladies are really scary -- they want to give the gutsy orphan Orphie a makeover.