<P> Shake it Up (Reprise) where they repeat the second half of the chorus immediately after Shake it Up . There are also four reprises of Right Before Your Eyes that are about four measures long each sprinkled throughout the show . </P> <P> The Goodspeed Broadway tryout production opened with the song "Perfectly Perfect" during which James's life with his parents and their subsequent death is shown and was followed by "Shuffle On Through" in which James experiences being put through the system as a orphan . Beyond the other songs changing significantly in content and order, the other most notable difference is that "Right Before Your Eyes" had not yet been implemented . </P> <P> The musical premiered from 21 October 2010 to 21 November 2010 at Goodspeed Musicals in East Haddam, Connecticut . The musical itself was quite different from its source material, but honored it . Throughout the two - month run, the show was revised . The cast featured young actors Ellis Gage and Justin Lawrence Hall playing James, Steve Rosen as Marvo The Magician, Ruth Gotschall as Aunt Spiker and Denny Dillon as Aunt Sponge . The show also featured Jim Stanek as the Grasshopper, Chelsea Packard (credited as Chelsea Krombach) as the Ladybug, Kate Wetherhead as the Spider, Destan Owens as the Earthworm, Nick Gaswirth as the Centipede, also with Nicholas Park, Minami Yusi, Marissa Palley, and Jessica Fontana (credited as Jessica Hershberg) in the Ensemble . The dance troupe "Pilobolus" were a large part of the production bringing an innovative theatrical technique of using their bodies to create most of the set, specifically using shadow technique to create a majority of the special effects . The production featured musical direction by Chris Fenwick and Dance arrangements by Sam Davis . The production was initially expected to go to Broadway but received mixed critical feedback and more room for development was seen . Pasek and Paul stated during the Goodspeed staging "we decided from the beginning that we were not writing a show for children (...) we are taking some of Dahl's darkness and expanding it even more ." </P> <P> A work - in - progress version of the musical played at the 2012 New Visions / New Voices festival, held at the Kennedy Center in May 2012 for plays in development written for young audiences . The 2012 Kennedy Center production was directed by Marty Johnson and Timothy Allen McDonald . </P>

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