Reviews for Pamela's first musical

The average rating for Pamela's first musical based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-10-21 00:00:00 Kim Huynh I read this because I recently read Wendy Wasserstein's biography: Wendy and the Lost Boys: The Uncommon Life of Wendy Wasserstein and noticed this was something she’d written, a book I’d never heard of before. I’m still depressed from that book, and that might have influenced my experience of this book. My first musical was Bye Bye Birdie when I was eight. I went with my parents on a very, very, very unusually cold summer Sacramento night to a tent (basically outdoors) play. Loved the play! Suffered through the cold. Another mini story. (My first musical record album (yes, I am that old) was the Broadway production of The Sound of Music. Why that wasn’t my first musical is a tragic ;-) story in its own right. The summer I was 10 I lived in Manhattan and got to go to 36 plays, many of them musicals. But Bye Bye Birdie and especially The Sound of Music have particularly dear places in my heart.) I’ve seen many since. I love musicals. So, I had another special interest in this particular book. This book relates the first musical for the ninth birthday of a girl, who goes with her glamorous aunt. (Wendy Wasserstein dedicated the book to her niece Pamela.) This is the wealthy and “in people” version of a first musical. I liked the illustrations. They had quite a bit of charm, and the way they showed movement was particularly wonderful. I loved the names of the dogs. I appreciated how all those who make a musical were incorporated into a story. I liked how imagination was sparked in Pamela. I wasn’t a fan of the musical in the book though. This is a fine introduction to musicals for kids who might be about to attend their first musical, as long as they don’t expect to also have a fancy lunch and meet everyone associated with the production. 3 ½ stars

Review # 2 was written on 2010-11-05 00:00:00 Rastapitan Sdfdsf I think this book deserves the subtitle: a child's introduction to all things theatre. The story-line is fairly simple: an aunt takes her niece to see a show on Broadway; but the concepts are big and exciting, and the illustrating just explode with color and energy. Love this book!