FAIRFIELD, CONN – The PBS favorite “Reading Rainbow,” will be featured at Fairfield University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts Sunday, March 10 at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. The Theatreworks/USA-staged show, appropriate for children in grades 2-7, will be repeated Monday, March 11 at 10 a.m. as part of the Quick Center’s Arts Bound Schoolday Series.
“Reading Rainbow,” a 13-time Emmy Award-winning show designed to get kids excited about reading, is broadcast daily on more than 300 stations across the country. The musical revue, alternately funny, poignant and fantastical, features the “Reading Rainbow” theme song by Steve Horelick, Janet Weir and Dennis Kleinman. A multi-racial cast performs adaptations of seven different children’s books, each dealing with different issues and themes relevant to a broad and diverse young audience.
In Mary Hoffman’s “Amazing Grace,” Grace wants to break stereotypes to play Peter Pan in a school production. “Martha Speaks,” by Susan Meddaugh, is about a family dog who literally becomes outspoken after dining on alphabet soup, and “Borreguita and the Coyote,” by Verna Aardema, is based on the classic Mexican tale of a little lamb (borreguita), who uses her wits to escape a hungry coyote.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for children for Sunday’s performance and $5 for Monday’s performance. Discounts are available for groups and birthday parties. The Arts Bound outreach program is funded in part by the Kiwanis Club of Fairfield and Unilever H ‘ PC USA Schools in Partnership Program. For information or tickets, call the box office at (203) 254-4010 or toll free at 1-877-ARTS-396, or visit the web site, www.quickcenter.com.
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