MPR's Michael Barone was on the road this past weekend. Here's his report on a "hidden gem."
This past weekend, my companion and I were in SE Minnesota for a bit of camping (still comfortable in a tent at age 60), a car rally over in Wisconsin with our little Citroen 2CV (we took first-in-class), checking out the restaurant Nosh in Wabasha (superb).
Beforehand, I had received a promo postcard from Nautilus Music-Theater alerting me to their production of the Jason Robert Brown show "The Last 5 Years" at the Jon Hassler Theater in Plainview, MN, and we decided to attend, having seen the previous Nautilus production (with a different cast) in Saint Paul two years ago (a review of that can be found in the MPR website archive).
We had seen the show in 2004, were absolutely dazzled by it and the performances of Bradley Greenwald and Norah Long, and were curious as whether it really was as strong a piece as we had thought if mounted elsewhere with other players.
And Plainview? Well, yes, I guess the view of the main street in Plainview is rather
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