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 […]
Every holiday season, the Playhouse traditionally presents a big, colorful blockbuster musical with sold-out audiences of folks dressed up in their best “out on the town” finery. This year, however, a virtual small concert was the safest choice for both performers and audiences. For Songs of the Season, NorShor Artistic Director Phillip Fazio gathered four […]
As we embark on our journey into the 2018-19 season after our opening of The Full Monty, we’re looking next to the new NorShor Concert Series. First up is Rodgers and Hammerstein’s A Grand Night For Singing, performing for three nights only. Many of the most beloved, uplifting, and romantic songs in musical theatre history […]
Review written by Lawrence Bernabo for the Duluth News Tribune (7-13-2018) ——– The Music Man, the as American as apple pie musical, opened Thursday night (7/12) at the NorShor Theatre, a production totally committed to charming the audience from start to finish. Shad Olsen and Ali Littrell Finstrom team-up for the fourth time as the […]
You studied in New York for acting but started at The Playhouse. What production was it, and how old were you? My first Duluth Playhouse production was in 1998 with the musical Emerald Green. I was 17 years old playing an 80-year-old man in a nursing home as well as a 20-something version of […]
