The Reviews

Taubenslag makes the kids feel important, as if they play a real part in the destinies of ”Beauty and the Beast' And while tickets to Disney's show cost $75, six bucks gets you into Taubenslag's, which will give your child $75 worth of pleasure.

”Are you ready to cheer?” Michael Taubenslag asked the assembled throng. ”Yesss!” yelled the kids.

”Are you ready to laugh?” ”Yesss!” the kids insisted.

Cheer and laugh they did for the next 50 minutes, during the performance of ”Hercules” that Michael Taubenslag Productions had offered them.

Children's Theater has always been a family affair for Michael Taubenslag. He and his brother and sister put on shows written by Dad, Elliott Taubenslag, while Mom worked the box office.

Reaching out with a claw-like hand, an evil queen offers Snow White a shiny red apple as a crowd of children shouts warnings to the unknowing princess. Despite the audience's advice, Snow White takes the fatal bite and falls into a deathlike sleep.

If you find Disney's version of ”Pocahontas” a bit, well, not P.C., you might consider packing up the kids and bringing them out tomorrow to see a very different version of the classic tale.