CHICAGO—Sometimes when it feels as though the world has gone topsy-turvy, it’s a soothing delight to be engaged in life-affirming entertainment from a gentler, more rational past. Such is the case with the enchanting “Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Stage Adaptation.”

Illustration to page 3 of Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) by artist E. H. Shepard. Scan from Bibliodyssey. Public Domain