"The
substantive story is that of a young man impassioned by the tenets
of the United States: exhilarated by the concepts of liberty and
equality and exalted by the realization that such ideas, expressed
in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution and books
of law, can be applied to ordinary people... With its sprightly
music by Jeffrey Lodin, its fast moving book and purposeful lyrics
by John Allen, YOUNG ABE LINCOLN sketches
the early life of the future 16th president in the course of one
entertaining hour. The show takes Lincoln from his days as
an Indiana farm boy through his extended journey to Illinois and
beyond, to the time when he worked for a grocer, lost his first campaign,
studied law and won his first case... best of all, the musical, while
effectively instructive, never condescends to its audience. YOUNG
ABE LINCOLN offers good theater and good education." |
