Theater Review: The Wolves In The Walls

The Wolves In The Walls
Based on the illustrated storybook by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean
Directed by Vicky Featherstone
Starring Helen Mallon, George Drennan, Anita Vettesse, and Neil McNulty
The New Victory Theater -- New York, NY

If the wolves come out of the walls, then it's all over. -- Lucy's family in The Wolves In The Walls storybook

The musical for The Wolves in the Walls is based on a great children's storybook written by my favorite author Neil Gaiman.

The story is about a young girl named Lucy who hears noises coming from the walls in her house and discovers that there are wolves living inside of them. As most stories like this go, when Lucy tries to tell her family, they don't believe her. After a while, her family begins hearing the noises in the walls too. They tell her that it must be bats, rats, and mice, because if it IS wolves in the walls, and they come out, then "it's all over." Well, it wouldn't be much of a story if the wolves didn't eventually come out of the walls, now would it?...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!