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“The Phantom Tolllbooth” employed a gender-neutral casting process, so that talented performers would not be limited in landing certain roles. From Georgetown’s Theater and Performance Studies Program ...

BEAVER CREEK, Colorado ” Even surrounded by dozens of toys, Milo is bored. Nothing interests him at all. But there is hope for Milo when “The Phantom Tollbooth” comes to the rescue “-and comes to ...

COOS BAY — Milo and his dog, Tock, set off for adventure through the Land of Wisdom, encountering a Mathemagician, Princess Rhyme, Princess Reason and other strange but wonderful characters as the ...

Even surrounded by dozens of toys, Milo is bored. Nothing interests him at all. The Demons of Ignorance are certain he will be their next victim, telling him ?If you get the urge to do anything - ...

The dog Tock (Curtis Smith) relates the story of the King (Nicholas Devine) and Queen (Jasmine Osterhoudt) of the Kingdom of Wisdom to Milo (Taryn Palmatier) SHERMAN — The Phantom Tollbooth found its ...

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster is a classic book for young readers, one that nearly every millennial I know read in elementary school. As you may recall, the story of The Phantom Tollbooth ...

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – When I was in middle school my class read a book called The Phantom Tollbooth, and I liked it. It has a sort of an Alice in Wonderland-like whimsy. Instead of little Alice falling ...

There was once a boy named Milo who didn't know what to do with himself — not just sometimes, but always. When he was in school he longed to be out, and when he was out he longed to be in. On the way ...

Fifty years ago Norton Juster sat down and tried to remember the confusion and dislocation of childhood. His memories became a book, and The... Norton Juster was born in Brooklyn in 1929. He is ...

My first experience with The Phantom Tollbooth (as with so much else that made a lasting impression on me) came from Childcraft. In the supplemental "Mathemagic" volume there was an excerpt of Milo's ...