Angus says, “Don’t be afraid of death, Winnie. Explanation finally comes when Angus Tuck takes Winnie fishing and the two discuss “The Wheel” of life. The entangled storyline skips lightly over life and death’s complications. Most of the Miller/Tysen songs drive the story, like “Story of the Tucks,” Carmelo’s resonant “My Most Beautiful Day” and “Story of the Man in the Yellow Suit.” They deliver a humorous number, “You Can’t Trust a Man,” one of Miller’s catchy melodies with Tysen’s amusing lyrics, a hummable song that feels tossed in. Played by Fred Applegate with a sharp Yankee attitude, the constable is aided by his jittery deputy, Hugo (Michael Wartella). Meanwhile, the constable of the town and his deputy are searching for Winnie. He has spent years yearning for the financial possibilities of the magical water and finding the Tuck family. That night, the adventurous Winnie and Jesse run off to the fair where they confront a menacing Man in the Yellow Suit, played by Terrence Mann, hamming it up. They trust her enough to share the secret of the water, but convince her not to tell anyone. She becomes captivated by the Tuck family: the nurturing mother, Mae, and father Angus (Carolee Carmello and Michael Park) and Jesse’s older brother Miles (Robert Lenzi). They decide to take Winnie home with them. The plot is overstuffed, but skips along and it is late when Jesse’s family discovers the two in the woods. Over the afternoon, they get to know each other. Coming across the spring, she is about to take a drink of water when, suddenly, 17-year old Jesse Tuck (played with cheery energy by Andrew Keenan-Bolger) steps in to stop her. When her mother forbids her to go, Winnie runs off into the family’s woods. Winnie, however, yearns to dress up, go to the fair and have fun. She lives with her conservative widowed mother (Valerie Wright) and a doting grandmother (Pippa Pearthree). In her Broadway debut, 11-year-old Sarah Charles Lewis, bursting with stage presence, is a robust singer and portrays a plucky Winnie Foster. Now, in 1893, they live reclusively, having learned that mortal folks do not trust people who never age, get sick or die. About a hundred years earlier, the Tuck family stopped to refresh their thirst with this magical water and they became immortal. Tuck Everlasting’s fountain of youth bubbles from a spring in rural New Hampshire. With a Claudia Shear/Tim Federle book and Chris Miller/Nathan Tysen’s score, Tuck Everlasting: The Musical has settled into the Broadhurst Theatre, hoping for a long run like Matilda next door. This theme of immortality inspired a 1975 tween novel by Natalie Babbitt and a 2002 film by Disney. So says Tuck Everlasting, a family-friendly fable of Americana that delivers a sincere, sentimental moral, although it takes a while to get there. The fountain of youth is a tempting idea, but when you think about it, there are drawbacks. Andrew Keenan-Bolger & Sarah Charles Lewis
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