"THE BIG MOUTH MOUSE," a puppet show based on a Japanese fable.
"THE BAD BIRTHDAY," a play based on a Mexican fable about twins whose birthday goes wrong after they run out of ingredients to bake a cake.
In the story, based on a Chinese fable, the supernatural serpent of the title transforms herself into a lovely maiden and ventures from her mountain home into human civilization.
"Silver River" is based on a Chinese fable in which the beautiful Goddess-Weaver falls in love with a mortal, Cowherd, to the consternation of her father, the Jade Emperor, who rules the gods.
Opens April 9. APRIL -- "THE GREEN BIRD" -- Julie Taymor, with her trademark mix of masks, puppetry and live action, does a musical based on an Italian fable about royal orphans.
The other, White Dog, is an allegorical melodrama based on an angry fable Romain Gary wrote in the late 1960s about the involvement of his wife, Jean Seberg, with the Black Panthers.
"THE BIG MOUTH MOUSE," a puppet show based on a traditional Japanese fable.
(Picture book; ages 4 to 8) Based on a Central African fable, "The Hen's House," this story has strong roots in the oral tradition.
On May 28 and 29, the Toy Factory will stage "Maha Moggallana — a Story of Filial Piety," based on a famed Buddhist fable about a pious monk and his journey into hell to save his suffering mother.
"THE BIG MOUTH MOUSE," a puppet show based on a traditional Japanese fable about a father who brags that no mere mouse is great enough to marry his beautiful daughter, who has fallen in love with a cheese-delivery boy.
