This Broadway-style large-cast musical is inspired by the 1954 motion picture of the same name. The musical comedy tells the story of two showbiz buddies putting on a show in a picturesque Vermont inn, and finding their perfect mates in the bargain. The score features classic songs by composer-lyricist Irving Berlin, including 'Count Your Blessings,' 'Happy Holiday,' 'I Love a Piano,' 'Sisters,' 'Blue Skies,' the title song and more.
Wednesday, November 25
7:30 PM
Academy of Music, The Broad & Locust Sts., Philadelphia, PA
When it was all ready one afternoon last week - the dry-brined turkey a rosy chestnut brown, the Sister Frances' Potatoes (named for one of the last of the famously celibate Shakers), the brothy, purposefully not creamy blue-pumpkin soup (with a sour jolt of preserved lemon), Melissa Hamilton beamed at what she had wrought.
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