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For family fun, WHAT launches its kids' show, Daisy Crockett (July 9 - August 30), under a big top, while the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly - one of only a handful of venues nationwide to be awarded the show's professional rights - mounts Disney's wildly popular High School Musical (July 3-29), in which pros will mix with some very excited local kids. Also lined up at NSMT: Russian American Kids Circus (July 13), Tap Kids (July 21), and the musical group Hot Peas and Butter (July 27).

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The full cast and creative team have been announced for the North Shore Music Theatre's production of Disney's High School Musical. The show will be directed and choreographed by Barry Ivan; it will r...

Wellesley Summer Theatre Company presents The Wind in the Willows, a classic tale of friendship. When Rat, Mole and Badger encounter the eccentric Mr. Toad, their world turns topsy-turvy. Young audiences are encouraged to use their imaginations and accept the differences of others.

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Victor Garber is ultra-smooth in the Huntington's smashing revival of Noël Coward's classic comedy.

Anyone with pint-size companions, and even those without, must absolutely not miss the return engagement of Frogz! at the Cutler Majestic (May 30-June 3). Seattle's Imago Theatre wowed audiences as guests of ART two years ago, and who knows when they'll be hopping this way again.

Noah Haidle's latest play, set in both the 1500s and the modern-day, is seriously unbalanced.

Friendship abounds in Boston (as does classic children's literature), with Wheelock Family Theater's Winnie-the-Pooh (April 13 - May 13) and Boston Children's Theatre's A Year with Frog and Toad (April 14 - May 6). First, join Christopher Robin and all the familiar faces for an "expotition" to the 100 Acre Wood. Then, sit back and relax as BCT presents their musical adaptation of Arnold Lobel's award-winning book.