Age of child to take to musical?

[Tinks]

I wouldn't take a 2 year old to Annie.

[anney]

I think the limit of most 2 year olds attention span at that type of thing would be about 50 to 60 mins. And i agree with PPs that it is alot of money if they don't really enjoy it. there will be plenty of time to take her to musicals when she is older

[Gigi]

i have seen first hand, lots of kids under three, at ANgelina Ballerina (20mins performance, interval, 20mins performance) and The Gruffalo's Child (similar) = the kids under three didn't cope very well. The babies were fine, but the toddlers got distressed, no matter how great the music was, entertaining the show was.

Annie is a much longer show. I would not take a two year old, i would worry that you and your child would both end up missing the show. A professional show like that, the lights will be down for the audience, many little children find the audience in dark, a bit scary.

only my opinion, you know your child better than anyone else.

[HotI]

Yeah, i had come to the same conclusion. Other patrons might get annoyed too if they had paid money to see it and my child wasn't coping.

might look into kiddy shows

thanks