Have you read the fun twist on the classic story of the 3 Little Pigs? If not, you must check out "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs" book from the library, go download or order it from Amazon! Just like the premise of Wicked, there are always two sides to a story. THE BOOKIn this version of the 3 little pigs, the story is told from the perspective of Alexander T. Wolf (a.k.a. The Big Bad Wolf). The wolf is trying to set the story straight of how he came to be 'big and bad'. At the beginning of the book he's cooking a cake for his grandmother's birthday, but he's run out of sugar. He goes to ask his neighbors, the pigs, for some sugar. They all say no to him, and as a result of a sneeze, he 'accidentally' blows the first two pigs' houses down. Since they're already dead he eats them. The third pig's house (made of bricks) does not suffer the same fate. Mr. Wolf is arrested and the third pig survives. So Mr. Wolf is in jail and his poor sweet granny gets no birthday cake. THE PLAYWe were lucky to recently go see a production of this story at our local children's theatre. This was our first visit to the Rose Theater and my boys LOVED it! We picked up our tickets at will call, grabbed some booster seats and got in line since seating is unassigned. We scored some great middle aisle seats near the front and my boys were mesmerized when the play started. I'll admit I was nervous at first about how they'd handle the death of the pigs but the production made it very lighthearted and my boys didn't even think twice about it. The show was filed with dramatic scenery, lively characters, and great musical numbers, plus audition participation! Afterwards we even got to meet two characters! We will definitely been seeing more shows at The Rose!
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