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JENNY'S
PENNY - THE MUSICAL!
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Synopsis
“See the wish.
Feel its power.
It’s right there
for you
each
moment….every second…every hour.”
While visiting her Grandma Kit who is a rare coin collector, Jenny learns the history of a special 1943 wheat-ear copper penny. The musical journey of Penny and her friends takes listeners through her unique "birth" at a U.S. mint during World War II, and includes a wishing fountain, a trip to Ireland, coin friends from around the world and a lively dance in a Need-A-Penny/Take-A-Penny cup! After sixty years of travel, Penny is lost in a city park where she is shocked to learn that people no longer think she is worth picking up. It takes a cupful of free pennies on an ice cream cart, a girl’s math homework, a magnet, an old mistake, and a secret wish to reveal the surprising truth about Penny’s real worth and long-held wish come true!
As Penny’s journey unfolds, so
does a unique coin wisdom that can easily apply to anyone. Penny learns
that mistakes are good opportunities; there is immense value in being
different; life will get better even when it seems hopeless; envisioning
wishes can make them come true; and there is a magic treasure inside
everyone, even if no one sees it yet.
"JENNY'S PENNY" ON CD
Beautifully mastered children's musical on
CD with 12 songs and scene dialogue for a complete story experience!
For kid's of all ages, especially 5-11!
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Working At The Mint
Need A Penny
Shiny And New
Two Cents from
Reviewers!
Resident
Director, "BILLY ELLIOT" on Broadway, and
Librettist of "101 DALMATIANS: The Musical"
"Listening to the CD of the score for JENNY’S
PENNY is a treat. Infectious melody, witty wordplay, and an
unmistakable sunshine-like joy seem to perk up every song. Who
can resist the positive, can-do spirit behind a take-home tune
like “For Every Bad Time”? Whether it’s an uplifting,
inspirational tune that will live in your memory long after the
show is over ("See the Wish"), a catchy dance number, or a
story-specific song that you can visualize even as you listen to
it, the score showcases January
Akselrad’s prodigious gifts. Happily,
the songs amplify the themes and heartfelt sentiments of the
marvelously ingenious book by J.J. Young, so we experience this
highly original story with renewed affection and a deeper
appreciation of its cleverness. Penny’s journey takes us on a
whimsical, whirlwind ride of fantasy that springs to vibrant
life in this bouncy collection of winning songs. You’ll never
be able to look at simple, forlorn one-cent piece again without
January’s playful compositions springing into your
consciousness. She captures the nostalgia of the times, the
quirks of the delicious characters, and the goodhearted, plucky
spirit of Jenny's Penny herself in a peppy stream of melodic
invention."