Alphie’s Goodbye Storytime

“Alphie’s Goodbye Storytime” is a live, kid-focused program now running at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan. It uses the familiar frame of a read-aloud to talk plainly about farewells and change, shaping big feelings into a shared routine that families can name together. There’s no widely documented NYC premiere history attached to the title, but its setting places it inside a city tradition of museum-based storytelling as public culture. The piece’s restraint is its strength, treating children as listeners with real inner lives.