Playbill | By Michael Gioia

“I’d say it’s lush and energetic with many robust melodies,” Stitt explained to Playbill.com via email. “We knew the audience was going to be made up of kids and their parents, so we wanted to give them musical ideas they could remember. The text of the book is spoken throughout the piece; we have the fantastic Thane Maynard (director of the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden) narrating, so it lives somewhere in the world of ‘A Lincoln Portrait’ meets ‘Peter And The Wolf.” Read More…