Once upon a time the only thing you would win by being an ace with ketchup and mustard bottles and cream pies was a trip to the principal's office and a two-week detention. But today perfecting those skills can get you a visit to a TV game show and a two-week vacation at an amusement park! Unless, that is, your thirty minutes of game-show fame go to your head and turn you into a prime-time egotist and bully. Then the only thing you win is the contempt of your friends and a lesson in humility. Welcome to the world of NicholasA,a completely normal kid who happens to find himself in some not-so-normal situations-and his animated best friend, McGee. Fortunately, Nicholas and his best friend, McGee, always seem to learn valuable lessons from their wild adventures. Unfortunately, when you're eleven years old (or, for that, matter, if you're a cartoon character) there are lots of lessons to be learned. In A Star in the Breaking, Nicholas and McGee learn the value of being humble and of accepting that some people are better than you are at certain things. Ages 5-12; Running time approximately 30 minutes