Even under the best of circumstances, creating an original musical is tough sledding. But the writers of children's musicals face a special artistic challenge: To build an audience, they need to mount a production that will entertain the under-14 set and, hopefully, the parents who brought them to the show. That ingredient is hard to come by, which is all the more reason to cheer the opening of Samantha Spade, Ace Detective: The Case of the Maltball Falcon at New York City's Drama Desk Award-Win...
Even under the best of circumstances, creating an original musical is tough sledding. But the writers of children's musicals face a special artistic challenge: To build an audience, they need to mount a production that will entertain the under-14 set and, hopefully, the parents who brought them to the show. That ingredient is hard to come by, which is all the more reason to cheer the opening of Samantha Spade, Ace Detective: The Case of the Maltball Falcon at New York City's Drama Desk Award-Win...
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