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LA Kids Spotlight: May ’06

Family fare this month includes the new musical The Empress and Her New Clothes (continuing through May 28 at Burbank’s Falcon Theatre), set in the world of fashion design, and involving an empress who goes undercover, finding that a pushy girl has a sneaky trick up her sleeve. Finally, Burbank’s Media City Ballet presents Hansel and Gretel (Glendale’s Alex Theatre, May 13 & 14), based on the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale, and set to the music of Richard Strauss and others.

Family fare this month includes the new musical The Empress and Her New Clothes (continuing through May 28 at Burbank’s Falcon Theatre), set in the world of fashion design, and involving an empress who goes undercover, finding that a pushy girl has a sneaky trick up her sleeve. Finally, Burbank’s Media City Ballet presents Hansel and Gretel (Glendale’s Alex Theatre, May 13 & 14), based on the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale, and set to the music of Richard Strauss and others.