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You're A Big Boy Now: The Benefits of Childhood in BIG: THE MUSICAL

By Kathryn Harris on April 15, 2010
in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: david shire, john weidman, richard maltby, Show Spotlight
BIG, Richard Maltby Jr, John Weidman, and David Shire's musical adaptation of the film by the same name, is a hilarious, unorthodox look at the perils of taking childhood for granted.  Unlike Jason Robert Brown's 13, in which the main character ...
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