the plant that ate dirty socks book series

(Stanley prefers the dirty kind, Fluffy takes them clean.) Norman's plant Fluffy and Michael's plant Stanley don't have much more in common than their owners do, except for their appetite for one particular piece of clothing. Based on Nancy McArthur's popular series of children's books, Iconis's show tells the story of two brothers, messy Michael (Williams) and neatnik Norman (Lance Rubin), who learn to love each other while caring for some very strange plants they grew with magical mail-order seeds. That's crucial, because in this show (as the title suggests) pretty much anything can and does. You'll be instantly transported back to an age when you really believed anything could happen. Iconis's driving, fast-bouncing song, sung with such exuberance by the driving, fast-bouncing Williams, captures all the uncertain but unquestioning expectation of youth. Or if taking your son or daughter to this roundly charming hour-long show not only convinces him or her that theatre is hip, but starts a lifelong addiction for which the only cure is more.įrom the instant Jason Williams bounds onstage at the start of the show, pounding his fist in the air and shouting 'woohoo!' as he extols the endless virtues of the first day of seventh grade, you can tell you're in for a great time. Theatreworks USA's new production of Joe Iconis's musical The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks is so dripping with cool, in fact, you shouldn't be surprised to see New York's ice cream vendors picketing outside its berth at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. Just what the doctor ordered this hot, steamy, expensive summer: for youngsters and parents alike, a towering dollop of theatrical cool. Jeffrey Omura, Lauren Marcus, Lance Rubin, Jason Williams, Lorinda Lisitza, and Kilty Reidy.

The plant that ate dirty socks book series