This Jim Henson Co. production of "Jack and the Beanstalk" certainly isn't a lighthearted Muppet-like take on the familiar fairy tale. Instead, director Brian Henson, who also co-wrote the ...

Jack sprints for the door - aided by the Giant's wife - and begins climbing down the beanstalk, pursued by the Giant. At the bottom Jack's Ma is waiting with an axe which she gives to Jack and he ...

Jack lives in a small village with his Ma. They are very poor and hungry but when they look in the kitchen cupboards they can only find mouldy cheese, a rotten apple core and a pair of smelly socks.

Maine State Music Theatre opened its Theatre for Young Audiences series with a delightful, energetic, and amusing production of Robin and Clark's JACK AND THE BEANSTALK that drew a crowd of ...