SUZY STUMP: TOM SAWYER THE MUSICAL >>>

You read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as a kid. You figured out how you would explore the abandoned mine, and what adventures you would have on the Mississippi. Alas, it was not to be. If only your mother had given you an old straw hat instead of sunscreen. If only the fences had been wooden instead of chain-link. And so the suburban lifestyle once again thwarts your dearest dreams.

But. Why fret over never actually doing something when you can dream to have actually done it? And while you figure that one out, reserve your seat for Lakewood Playhouse’s presentation of Tom Sawyer the Musical, which opens Friday, Dec. 11. Comedic writer Ken Ludwig penned it.

Watch what it might be like to live and dance and sing just like Tom Sawyer did in the 19th-century South, and then head back home for your never-ending production of You, The Miserable.

[Lakewood Playhouse, Dec. 11-Jan. 17, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, with holiday breaks, $16-$24, 5729 Lakewood Towne Center, Lakewood, 253.588.0042]

LINK: Lakewood Playhouse Web site