Overview
Synopsis
Wowee wow wow! Junie B. Jones, America’s favorite elementary school student, comes to life onstage in this adaptation of three books in Barbara Park’s popular book series of the same name. Clad with purple glasses and all, Junie B., along with her classmates, parents, and teachers, sings and dances her way through the first grade, and while chronicling her adventures in her “top secret personal beeswax” journal, she learns the importance of facing obstacles head-on and turning bad situations into good ones. Junie B. Jones: The Musical, though written as a piece of theatre for young audiences, is fun for the entire family and highlights the timeless themes of friendship, acceptance, and humility.
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Context
Junie B. Jones: The Musical is based on the popular children’s book series of the same name written by Barbara Park and illustrated by Denise Brunkus. The 30 books in the Junie B. Jones series follow the excitable Junie B. Jones, a girl who always finds the wonder and mystique in her kindergarten and first grade adventures and is determined to be as happy as she can be. Junie B. Jones is known for her trademark purple glasses, her very specific style of speaking by which she nicknames almost
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Junie B. Jones: The Musical begins, and we are introduced to our protagonist, the title character, Junie B. Jones herself. She is about to start the first grade at the Clarence Somebody or Other Elementary School, and she enjoys life with her parents and baby brother Ollie. Clad with her new notebook, Junie B. is ready to write in it all of her adventures (“Top Secret Personal Beeswax”).
Junie B. is ready to start her first grade adventure, when all of a sudden she gets butterflies in her
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Songs
- * Top Secret Personal Beeswax - Junie B., Company
- * Lucille, Camille, Chenille - Lucille, Camille, Chenille
- You Can Be My Friend - Junie B., Herb, Bobbi Jean, Grace, Mr. Woo
- Time To Make a Drawing - Junie B., Mr. Scary, May, Herb, Jose, Lennie
- You Need Glasses - Company
- Show and Tell - Company
- Lunch Box - Junie B., Company
- * Gladys Gutzman - Junie B., Sheldon, Jose, May, Herb, * Mrs. Gutzman
- Top Secret Personal Beeswax (Cookie Reprise) - Junie B., Herb, Lennie, Company
- * Kickball Tournament - Lennie, Herb, Jose
- Sheldon Potts’ Halftime Show - Sheldon
- When Life Gives You Lemons - Daddy, Mother, Junie B.
- * Kickball Tournament (Reprise) - Lucille, Camille, Chenille
- Superstar- Company
- Writing Down the Story of My Life - Junie B., Company
A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.
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