In ‘Pete the Cat,’ rock ’n’ roll forges interspecies alliance
The folks at Bay Area Children’s Theatre know how to welcome your little ones. Start and run times work around nap time and early bedtime. Fun activities on child-size tables line the check-in area. And the lighting never gets too dark.
For its latest, the company adapts the “Pete the Cat” series by James and Kimberly Dean. It centers on a feral, too-cool cat who loves to rock (Zachary Hasbany), just as he’s caught by the dreaded “Cat-Catcher” and made to live with a family.
“You can’t make a pet outta me,” he sings in an early tune, accompanied by some wild air guitar. (Sarah Hammond wrote the book and lyrics, with music by Will Aronson).
Most of his new clan is equally ambivalent.