Cat and Mousekewitz? 'An American Tail' musical premieres at CTC The 1986 film is getting a stage treatment and new songs from the "Wimpy Kid" talent.

The 1986 animated feature film “An American Tail” begins with a mouse family, the Mousekewitzes, forced to flee their home after men on horseback (and accompanying cats) set fire to their ...

At first blush, one could wonder why CTC chose to commission an adaptation of a 1986 animated feature inspired by stories passed down within the family of superstar film director Steven Spielberg.

Itamar Moses was 10 when he watched “An American Tail” at his Jewish day school in California. He was struck by the 1986 film, an animated musical about a family of Russian-Jewish mice who immigrate ...

Playwright Itamar Moses staged the world premiere of “An American Tail: The Musical” at a theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Tuesday night with dreams of someday bringing it to D.C.

“An American Tail the Musical” will premiere at the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis on April 25 and run through June 18.