Family
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LOUIE, LOUIE
In the family musical “Captain Louie,” a little boy named Louie, lonely on a Halloween evening, builds a city in a shoebox and begins a fantastical journey into his imagination.The play is based on “The Trip,” a 1978 children’s book by Ezra Jack Keats. Jeff Subik’s set design imitates Keats’s distinctive cutout style. Composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz (“Wicked,” “Godspell”) has added two new songs for the revival’s staging. Meridee Stein directs the musical, which opens today as a production of First All-Children’s Theatre. Today through Sunday, June 12, Wednesday and Thursday, 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Friday, 6:30 p.m., Saturday, 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., Sunday, 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.,York Theatre at St. Peter’s, 619 Lexington Ave. at 54th Street, 212-868-4444, $35 general, $25 members, $17.50 Wednesdays and Thursdays and 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
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