David Andrew Reid & Megan Murphy in Love You Forever and More Munsch | Photo by Dahlia Katz
Love You Forever and More Munsch, presented by Young People’s Theatre, packs a whole heap of bouncy business into its 45 minute runtime, ensuring that the youngest of the intended audience of 4 to 9 year olds have plenty to hold their attention. This adaptation, by Stephen Colella and Sue Miner, of several Robert Munsch stories never feels overwrought, though, and even manages to effectively tug at the heart strings in its rendition of perennial tear-jerker, “Love You Forever.” Under the whimsical, kinetic direction of Colella and Karen Gilodo, this clangy, rattly, bing-bangy mischief is very charming.