Many schoolchildren are familiar with Flat Stanley. Based on a popular children's book series by Jeff Brown, elementary classes often create their own Flat Stanley figures and mail them around the world or send them off with travelers.

Now lovable Flat Stanley comes to the stage as the Seattle Theatre Group presents a brand new family musical, "The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley," at The Moore Theatre, 1932 Second Avenue in Seattle, on January 16 and 17, 2009. STG has scheduled three performances, Friday at 5 p.m., and Saturday at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

In a whirlwind musical travelogue, Stanley, the ultimate exchange student, scours the globe for a solution to his unusual problem - he's flat! Not just a little flat...really, really flat. Stanley knows just what to do. Putting himself in a big envelope, he travels the world as a human letter! He's stamped, posted and cancelled from Washington D.C. to France to Honolulu and beyond. And whether he's rapping with the Declaration of Independence, thwarting a robbery at the Louvre Museum in Paris, or 'hanging ten' off the coast of Hawaii, Stanley is closing in on his goal of being a three-dimensional boy once more.

Tickets for "The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley" range from $17 to $35 (plus applicable fees) and are available online at www.theparamount.com, by phone at 206-292-ARTS (2787), at The Paramount and Moore Theatre Box Offices and at Ticketmaster outlets.