That curious Boynton pizzazz takes to the stage in PHILADELPHIA CHICKENS, a zippy musical production for kids and way beyond. And just wait till you hear who's in the cast...

• The Seldom Herd sings Cows
  
• Meryl Streep sings Nobody Understands Me
  
• The Bacon Brothers sing Philadelphia Chickens
  
• Keith Boynton sings Be Like a Duck
  
• Laura Linney sings Please, Can I Keep It?
  
• Eric Stoltz sings Snuggle Puppy
  
• Patti LuPone sings I Like to Fuss
  
• The Bacon Brothers sing Snoozers
  
• Caitlin McEwan sings Faraway Cookies
  
• John Stey sings Fifteen Animals
  
• The Heath Sisters sing Belly Button (round)
  
• Kevin Kline sings Busybusybusy
  
• Michael Ford sings Those Dinosaur Bones
  
• Darcy Boynton chants Dinosaur, Dinosaur
  
• Beth Andrien sings Jump Rope Jive
  
• Scott Bakula sings Pig Island
  
• Adam Bryant sings Pajama Time
  
• Natasha Richardson sings Silly Lullaby
• Aaaardvarks (Mark Linn-Baker, Joe Grifasi, Michael Gross andamp; Devin McEwan) sing The Intermission Song

With these performers, words and pictures by Sandra Boynton, and music by the incomparable Rhinoceros Tapteam of Boynton andamp; Ford, you have to hear it to believe it. And even then, it may take a while.

This title contains a full-colour songbook of 17 and a half songs with a full-length, fully orchestrated CD of original songs, performed by a cast which includes: The Bacon Brothers, Scott Bakula, Kevin Kline, Laura Linney, Patti LuPone, Natasha Richardson, Eric Stoltz, Meryle Street and more.

America's beloved illustrator and children's author combines her buoyant genius with some of the most talented people on the stage, presenting that rarest of kids' musical disks--one whose inimitable lyrics and music make it as sing-along, dance-along, cluck-along for parents as it is for their children. Full color.

What an event! What a show! It's catchy and quirky. Tuneful and toe-tapping. Exuberant, unexpected, and utterly endearing. It's what happens when you take America's beloved illustrator and children's author and combine her buoyant genius with some of the most talented people on the stageandmdash;presenting Philadelphia Chickens!

Created by Sandra Boynton, Philadelphia Chickensis a family musical in a book, bringing together a full-color songbook of 17 1/2 illustrated story-poems with a full-length, fully orchestrated CD of original songs performed by the likes of Patti LuPone, Kevin Kline, Meryl Streep, The Bacon Brothers, and Laura Linney, who pleads "Please, Can I Keep It?"andmdash;it followed me home. / What exactly it is/ I don't know. Also joining in are Eric Stoltz, Natasha Richardson, Scott Bakula, and two Boyntons, including daughter Caitlin McEwan, who performs a piece that every little listener will relate toandmdash;a love song to the chocolate chip cookies that are just out of reach. With the collaboration of composer Michael Ford (known to Boynton fans from Rhinoceros Tap), Philadelphia Chickensis that rarest of kids' musical discsandmdash;one whose inimitable lyrics and music make it as sing-along, dance-along, cluck-along for parents as it is for their children.

Sandra Boynton has been a bestselling Workman author for 25 years. She's written the New York Timesbestseller Chocolate: The Consuming Passion,andnbsp;the national (and New York Times) bestselling musical for the whole family, Philadelphia Chickens, the phenomenally successful Boynton on Board series (led by Barnyard Dance!),andnbsp;and the one-of-a-kindandnbsp;Grunt, the sublime collection of Pigoroian chant. All told, her books for Workman have over 8.6 million copies in print, a number that will already be out-of-date when you read this. She lives with her family in western Connecticut.Michael Ford, Sandra Boyntonand#8217;s esteemed collaborator on Philadelphia Chickensand Rhinoceros Tap, is a classically trained composer and pianist, with a long detour in Progressive Rock performance. He and his family live down the road a spell from Sandy.

PART ONEandmdash;LOOK AS YOU LISTENandmdash;Spiffy illustrations of all the songs on your Chicken Disc (CD)

PART TWOandmdash;SING and PLAY ALONGandmdash;All 3 billion or so words to the songs, plus selected music notation

COWSandmdash;sung by The Seldom Herd

NOBODY UNDERSTANDS MEandmdash;sung by Meryl Streep

PHILADELPHIA CHICKENSandmdash;sung by The Bacon Brothers

BE LIKE A DUCKandmdash;sung by Keith Boynton

PLEASE, CAN I KEEP IT?andmdash;sung by Laura Linney

I LIKE TO FUSSandmdash;sung by Patti LuPone

SNOOZERSandmdash;sung by The Bacon Brothers

FARAWAY COOKIESandmdash;sung by Caitlin McEwan

THE INTERMISSION SONG!andmdash;sung by Aaaardvarks

FIFTEEN ANIMALSandmdash;sung by John Stey

BELLY BUTTONandmdash;sung by The Heath Sisters

BUSYBUSYBUSYandmdash;sung by Kevin Kline

THOSE DINOSAUR BLUESandmdash;sung by Michael Ford

DINOSAUR, DINOSAURandmdash;sung by Darcy Boynton

JUMP ROPE JIVEandmdash;sung by Beth Andrien

PIG ISLANDandmdash;sung by Scott Bakula

PAJAMA TIMEandmdash;sung by Adam Bryant

SILLY LULLABYandmdash;Natasha Richardson

PHILADELPHIA CHICKENSandmdash;instrumental reprise