LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.—Imagine that you’re on a school field trip to the planetarium, but instead of arriving there, you end up in outer space! That’s the exciting adventure that children can experience at the Marriott Theatre’s wonderful production of “The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System,” now playing in Lincolnshire, Illinois.
Written by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen, the “Magic School Bus” series was so popular after it was published by Scholastic Books in 1986 that PBS Television turned it into a series of animated shows. Now, Marshall Pailet has adapted the book and Matthew Lee Robinson added a musical score to transform it into a charming and exuberant comedic musical for children.
