"There is no such thing as a difficult word," said Norton Juster, author of The Phantom Tollbooth. "There are only words you don't know yet — the kind of liberating words that Milo encounters on his ...

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Mar. 11—"The Phantom Tollbooth" should make the audience feel like a kid again — if they aren't a kid already, that is. This year's youth production at the Cheyenne Little Theatre is an adaptation of ...

“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 ...

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 - ...

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 ...

Famed author Norton Juster has died at the age of 91. Originally an architect, Juster set out to write a kid's book about cities which became The... Remembering Norton Juster, Author Of 'The Phantom ...

The exceptional tale of Milo, Tock, and a certain magic tollbooth is brought splendidly to life on stage by the incomparable Sheldon Harnick (FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, SHE LOVES ME), Arnold Black and ...

(Reading) There once was a boy named Milo who didn't know what to do with himself not just sometimes but always. That's the opening to "The Phantom Tollbooth," the classic 1961 children's book written ...

After a perpetually bored young boy named Milo drives his toy car through the tollbooth that’s mysteriously appeared in his bedroom, he’s transported to the Kingdom of Wisdom, a magical land divided ...