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Story Time

Children (especially girls) will be thrilled to meet a living doll. In Addy: An American Girl Story (April 13-June 17 at the Seattle Children's Theatre), Cheryl West creates the story of a brave young slave girl who escapes with her mother to freedom, only to face new, unexpected challenges and the struggle to bring the rest of the family together.

Children can visit with The Musicians of Bremen at SecondStory Repertory, (March 16-April 1) and Peter Pan at Studio East (March 16-April 1). Finally, if kids think Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like, they might be surprised by what they discover at Seattle Children's Theatre (March 23-May 12).

How to Treat a Lady

Children's Theatre charts the turbulent adventures of Jason and the Golden Fleece (October 13-November 26).

You know that summer's truly over when the Seattle Children's Theatre opens a show called Harriet's Halloween Candy (September 22-November 12). It's all about a young girl's obsession with Halloween candy and her dread of sharing it with her younger brother. Some of you out there know what she's talking about!

The whole family can enjoy the Village Theatre KIDSTAGE SummerStock production of Les Misérables School Edition, performed entirely by 44 students ages eight to 18 (August 4-13).

I mean this in the most affectionate sense: Taproot Theatre Company's production of Beau Jest is the perfect choice for a night out with your parents, particularly if they predate "time-outs" and the...

"How can you be friends with a bird," the ill-tempered orphan Mary Lennox asks Ben Weatherstaff in the first act of The Secret Garden. "Easier than with people," he tells her. At once comic and mea...

For anyone who needs proof of the endurance of Shakespeare's themes and language, Seattle Shakespeare Company's revival of its adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream offers solid evidence. Arne Zaslo...