‘Princess Phooey’

What if Sleeping Beauty’s court were a lot like middle school — with the beauty as one of the mean girls? That’s the clever conceit of this musical by Lisa Diana Shapiro and Eric Rockwell, which Tada! Youth Theater has wisely decided to revive. The title character is actually Princess Ermengarde, the younger sister of the royal who has just awakened from a century of sleep. Ermengarde doesn’t care for satin gowns, glittery jewels or princes (charming or otherwise), and doesn’t fit in at all. But if this production is even half as good as the 2008 original, the audience will be rooting for her.