Big - The Musical
Book
by
John Weidman
Music
by David Shire, Lyrics by Richard Maltby Jr
Directed by Steve Edwards
Produced by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd on behalf of
Music Theatre International of New York
Performed
at -
Rhoda McGaw Theatre, Woking: July 2003
Big,
The Musical burst onto Broadway in 1987, giving new life to the
storyline of the movie that the show was based on - Big, starring
Tom Hanks.
In
this witty and insightful look at growing up, 12-year old boy
Josh Baskin is fairly frustrated with life as he knows it. But
after his wish of being big unexpectedly comes true, he realizes
that there is much more to being an adult than he had bargained
for. With only his 12-year old friend, Billy by his side, he quickly
learns what it means to survive on his own as he is thrust into
the working world.
After
being introduced to the adult world of jobs, finance and even
love, he realizes that 12-year olds don't have it that bad after
all, and that when we are ready, we all grow up at our own pace,
in our own time.
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