Blood Brothers
Black Box Theatre
12600 Nicollet Ave. Burnsville
In London's West End, Blood Brothers is a legendary show, having played an incredible 10,000+ performances over 24 years. Now the megahit musical from Willy Russell (Educating Rita, Shirley Valentine) comes to the Ames Center's Black Box Theatre. The secret of the show's success may be in its inescapably dramatic premise. Meet two boys, Mickey and Eddie -- one rich, the other poor -- who are, regardless, the best of friends growing up in Liverpool in the '60s. But little do they know how close they truly are, as they're actually fraternal twins who were separated at birth. Moreover, their mother once swore that if either boy were to ever discover their true connection, both would soon be struck dead. The power of her prophecy and the strength of the brothers' friendship are both tested when Mickey and Eddie fall for the same girl.
Presented by Ames Center
Thru - Oct 12, 2014
Price: $24
Box Office: 952-895-4680
www.ames-center.com/chameleon-theatre-circle.html
Blood Brothers Reviews
Twin Cities Daily Planet - Recommended
"...As mentioned before, musical originality is not one of the show’s overall strengths, but it does have some very charming moments that come across very well with this cast. A notable feature of the score is opening overture, which makes use of multipart vocalizations. Other standout song performances included the hauntingly done “Easy Terms” (about the selling/adoption of a child), the ironically upbeat factory cutback song “Miss Jones” and “Light Romance.” The pièce de la resistance, however, is the “Tell Me It’s Not True” finale led by Tripp/Johnstone. The plot of the musical is hard to sum up, but the performance of this last song did so neatly, landing with tremendous emotional weight and a rippling, shimmering gravitas of a sound that makes you want to smile and cry all at once."
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