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DC Metro Kids Spotlight: November ’06

For family audiences, The Kennedy Center has an adaptation of Katie Couric’s children’s book The Brand New Kid (November 17-December 10), a world premiere musical recommended for kids five and up. The musical follows a perky boy as he begins his first day of second grade and is teased because he looks and speaks differently. In addition, the Olney Theatre Center in Maryland has Cinderella (November 15-December 24), the Disney cartoon turned by Rodgers and Hammerstein into a TV special and then a stage musical.

For family audiences, The Kennedy Center has an adaptation of Katie Couric’s children’s book The Brand New Kid (November 17-December 10), a world premiere musical recommended for kids five and up. The musical follows a perky boy as he begins his first day of second grade and is teased because he looks and speaks differently. In addition, the Olney Theatre Center in Maryland has Cinderella (November 15-December 24), the Disney cartoon turned by Rodgers and Hammerstein into a TV special and then a stage musical.