Frederick Reviews

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

"...Adapted for the stage by Suzanne Maynard Miller with songs by Sarah Durkee and Paul Jacobs (Matthew Muñiz did the arrangements and serves as music director for CCT), Frederick works on multiple levels for young audiences. There are some subtle but thoughtful lessons here about balancing the needs of a family with respect for individuality, and about the joys of appreciating simple beauty and being able to share it with others. "Try to keep hold of the color in your mind," Frederick urges at one point. "It won't look like this forever.""

Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

"...Sleep-deprived and fortified with four cups of coffee, I hauled my cranky, cynical self on a Sunday morning to the Chicago Children's Theatre in the West Loop to watch the opening production of their 20th season: a musical of Leo Lionni's Frederick, a Caldecott Honor book from 1968, adapted by Suzanne Maynard Miller, with songs by Sarah Durkee & Paul Jacobs."

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

"...It was a wonderful story with a heartwarming message of teamwork, inclusion and trying to see things from other people's point of view. As an adult, I thought the story was beautifully done with accompanying music that brought the story to life."