(CONT'D) What’s that?
Reading the James and the Giant Peach Jr. script in isolation is a joy, but staging it is a puzzle. Here are the top three script-based challenges and standard workarounds. james and the giant peach jr musical script
What directors love about this script is that it doesn't "dumb down" Dahl’s language. Instead, it curates it. The famous nonsense rhymes, the terrifying aunts (Spiker and Sponge), and the philosophical musings of the bugs are all preserved, just in tighter scenes. (CONT'D) What’s that
It’s magic! One thousand little green things. Boil one with a bean – giant beanstalk. Throw one on a flower – giant sunflower. Spill them on the ground – (He winces.) – well, don’t spill them. Whatever you do, don’t spill them. And whatever you do, don’t let the aunts see. Now I must go. The squirrels are waiting. Here are the top three script-based challenges and