Mike Mulligan And His Steam Shovel

Mike Mulligan and his beloved Steam Shovel, Mary Anne, have been together for many years. They've dug holes for famous canals, railroads, highways, airports and skyscrapers. But times have changed and newer, fancier shovels have become fashionable, leaving Mike and Mary Anne out of work and down to their last dime. Their final hope could be the little town of Poppesville, which needs a basement dug for its new City Hall. Mike and Mary Anne are determined to get the job, but first they have to outbid the Diesel Shovel, the Electric Shovel and even the state-of-the-art, cappuccino-making Nucleonic Diggatron! Virginia Lee Burton's 1939 classic tale of hard work, determination and friendship comes to life in Eric Lane Barnes' delightful musical, in which we learn that the newest, biggest or most expensive isn't necessarily the best. Performed by the Tarradiddle Players.