Just Closed
THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM
"This bawdy musical is the best, most unfiltered, piece of escapism to come along in a long while ... the show is uproarious!" – St. Paul Pioneer Press
June 6 - 29, 2008
Hennepin Stages (824 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis)
"An original, unusual and surprising musical that is so refreshing ... an example of how different musicals can be." - The Post
"... a truly ingenious score, somehow managing to be country and theatrical, melodic and interesting, catchy but not obvious... Here is the combination of theatrical instinct and musicianly technique that has always invigorated our musical stage." – New York Post
Music - Robert Waldman
Book and Lyrics - Alfred Uhry
Adapted from a novella by Eudora Welty
Set in eighteenth century Mississippi, this bawdy fairy tale is the story of Rosamund, the only daughter of the country’s richest planter, courted by Jamie Lockhart, the dashing robber of the woods. The proceedings go awry, thanks to an unconventional case of double-mistaken identity. Throw in an evil stepmother intent on Rosamund’s demise, her pea-brained henchman and a hostile talking head-in-a-trunk, and you have the recipe for a rollicking country romp with an infectious bluegrass score!