STREET

Once there were magical bulls running through but now there are only trucks speeding down the center of the one-street village called Street, and most of the residents have been crippled in traffic accidents. Further, the two sides of the street have become enemy camps, and with a mysterious forest on one side and a river on the other, all are uncomfortably hemmed in. Thus Toomey and Hannah, lovers from opposite sides, are handicapped by prejudice, physical barriers, and—as Aiken plots it—the greed, lust, and vindictiveness of other villainous characters. How the pair wins out and saves the village is unfolded, in brisk lines and ten spoofy-silly musical comedy songs, with more style than you'll find in most plays made for juvenile production; still, kids who go to the trouble of performing the play might wish to be rewarded with more substance.