“Live theater is back in Duluth!” Phillip Fazio proclaimed at the NorShor Theatre on opening night.
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Lawrance Bernabo, For the News Tribune | 8:35 pm, Jul. 18, 2021 ×
Stuart Gordon (left) and Kelly Killorin (Duluth Playhouse)
I would be hard pressed to name a musical that takes itself less seriously than “Xanadu,” which opened Thursday night at the NorShor Theatre. Especially the way director Phillip Fazio and choreographer Amber Burns amped up the silliness.
The quintessential scene of this production comes early when Quinn Lorez and Maddie Schafer as the Muses Melpomene and Calliope rip through “Evil Woman.” While Lorez delivers the big vocals, Schafer channels Kristen Wiig and Cecily Strong at the same time and kills the comic counterpoint.
Theater review: Even in a concert version, the music of ‘Hair’ has powerful moments
The Duluth Playhouse will have four more performances of “Age of Aquarius: The Music of Hair” at the NorShor Theatre.
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Lawrance Bernabo, For the News Tribune | 10:58 pm, Jun. 3, 2021 ×
“Age of Aquarius: The Music of Hair” (Photo illustration courtesy Duluth Playhouse / Facebook)
It is certainly ironic that at opening night of “Age of Aquarius: The Music of Hair,” I saw more bare bottoms of faces than I have seen in person since the pandemic shut down the world. The Duluth Playhouse’s second mini-season offering at the NorShor Theatre saw more audience members wearing tie-dyed shirts than wearing masks.