The Center for Performing Arts

Clifford the Big Red Dog   

Thursday, February 4, 2027

10 AM & 12 PM

Grades: PreK-2nd

Groups of 9 or less, click below

Groups of 10 or more, click below

Tickets: $9.50 $8.50 until September 1st

 

Curriculum Connections: Literature, Language Arts, Communication, Relationships and Family, Music

 

Everyone’s favorite Big Red Dog, CLIFFORD– bounds onto the stage in a brand-new musical comedy adventure that celebrates friendship, imagination and the magic of unconditional love! Emily Elizabeth absolutely adores her new puppy - the tiny red runt of the litter. But when her GIANT love makes Clifford grow into a GIANT, the family must trade their cramped city apartment for a home on Birdwell Island – where folks aren’t so sure about a house-sized, playful pup. Worried his colossal clumsiness is keeping Emily Elizabeth from making friends, Clifford wishes he never grew so big - and it works! He enjoys a fur-tastic small-dog-sized day... until his adventurous BFF and her new island friends get stuck in a place from which only a BIG red dog can save them. Clifford The Big Red Dog: The Musical is full of extra-large laughs, joy and love - the paw-fect show for Clifford's growing young fans – and nostalgic parents who remember him too.
 

 

Groups of 9 or less, click below

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    University Park, IL 60484

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