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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.
The Duluth Playhouse presents “Dancing Queens” at the Norshor Theatre.
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Lawrance Bernabo, For the News Tribune | 11:51 pm, Apr. 29, 2021 ×
From left: Vicki Fingalson (Tanya), Jen Burleigh-Bentz (Donna) and Tanya Moore (Rosie) perform in the Duluth Playhouse’s 2018 premiere performance of Mamma Mia! at the NorShor Theatre. The actors will reprise their roles for Dancing Queens April 29-May 2, 2021. (Courtesy of the Duluth Playhouse)
In February 2018, the Duluth Playhouse heralded the rebirth of the NorShor Theatre with “Mamma Mia!”
Thursday night, performers Jen Burleigh-Bentz, Vicki Fingalson and Tanya Moore returned to that stage for “Dancing Queens: The Music of ABBA’s Mamma Mia!” to reopen the NorShor from its lengthy pandemic slumber for an audience happy to hoot and holler for an hour at every song they heard.
The virtual revue warms hearts.
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Sheryl Jensen, For the News Tribune | 12:18 am, Feb. 13, 2021 ×
No night out on the town on tap this Valentine’s weekend with your special sweetie? Order delivery from your favorite restaurant instead, and then snuggle up to enjoy a free virtual concert with a “bouquet” of tunes from many of your favorite area performers, in the Playhouse s “From Broadway With Love.”
While not every one of the 16 song choices was a home run, the evening gave some performers who don’t always get leads or solos a chance to spread their wings.
It was a family affair with Sarah Lawrence, Cal Metts and their adorable daughter Gigi singing two songs from “The Secret Garden.” Gigi gave a charming performance with the Mary Lennox solo, “The Girl I Mean to Be.” Lawrence and Metts sang the heart-breaking “How Could I Ever Know,” wonderfully suited to their operatic voices in this powerful duet.
This week s top picks in local arts and entertainment. Written By: Christa Lawler | ×
Theater by Zoom
The University of Minnesota Duluth’s production of “Love and Information,” directed by Lauren Roth, is a play of bits and blurbs, pieces of conversation the audience is dropped into: a tug-of-war over a secret, a message from an unlikely source, a sister who is technically a mother.
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Playwright Caryl Churchill’s work premiered in London in 2012, and it contains dozens of plotlines and more than 100 characters. Pre-pandemic, it played on a stark, simple set. Now it comes to you within the neat boxes of Zoom. “Love and Information” is available for viewing at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 11-14.