NEW YORK—How long you live is not nearly as important as how you live. It’s a lesson bewitchingly presented in the delightful family musical “Tuck Everlasting,” now at the Broadhurst Theatre on Broadway.
Winnie Foster (Sarah Charles Lewis), 11-years-old, is a resident of Treegap, New Hampshire, circa 1894. She lives with her mother (Valerie Wright) and grandmother (Pippa Pearthree) near a wooded area, which she is forbidden to enter.
Her mother is in mourning over the death of her husband and insists the family act completely proper during this period. This includes forbidding Winnie to go to the annual fair, a collection of carnival games, exhibitions, and somewhat unsavory types who come to the town each year.
At the center of 'Tuck Everlasting' is the message one must never stop growing.
