‘Brigadoon’: A Revival That Hits the Right Notes

This thoroughly enjoyable Chicagoland production of the classic Broadway musical is strangely apropos for today.
‘Brigadoon’: A Revival That Hits the Right Notes
Luke Nowakowski (center foreground) and cast members, “Brigadoon.” Brett Beiner
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SKOKIE, Ill.—Imagine two tourists walking into a foreign land through a rolling countryside as they come upon an ancient stone bridge. They know it’s a town in Scotland, but they can’t find it on their map, and as they try to discover where they’re at, a cloudy mist surfaces from the bridge to reveal a charming old-world village. As they try to get their bearings, they hear the haunting sound of a song, “Brigadoon.”

That’s how the enchanting musical “Brigadoon” begins. Two Americans on vacation, Tommy and Jeff, stumble onto the town square of a Scottish village where they are invited to join the townspeople in celebrating an upcoming wedding with a rousing dance to the tune of “I’ll Go Home with Bonnie Jean.”

Betty Mohr
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As an arts writer and movie/theater/opera critic, Betty Mohr has been published in the Chicago Sun-Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Australian, The Dramatist, the SouthtownStar, the Post Tribune, The Herald News, The Globe and Mail in Toronto, and other publications.
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