A newsletter from Northern Sky Theater • SPRING 2015
Barbeque, Blackguards, Banjoes & Birlers Jeffrey Herbst, Artistic Director
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ith the transition to our new name, Northern Sky Theater, and our 25th season upon us, we have doubled down and are doing something we’ve never done before by premiering two book musicals in one summer season. No Bones About It and When Butter Churns to Gold will join last year’s hit, Strings Attached, for what promises to be a rollicking repertory line-up under the stars. And, for the first time, Lumberjacks in Love will play indoors at the DCA, giving many who have never seen it in our summer line-up a chance to enjoy it along with the spectacular fall colors in one fell swoop.
Sizzle! No Bones About It, by Paul Libman and Dave Hudson, makes its world premiere at Northern Sky. With six book musicals now written specifically for Northern Sky, this makes the Libman/Hudson team the most prolific writing team in our 25year history. With a loose spoof on Romeo and Juliet, Bones plays fast and loose with the current phenomenon of barbecue cook-offs. You’ll certainly recognize the nod to the bard as the warring families of the Cappies and the Monties have to come to grips with the youngest members of their clans, Ronnie and Julie, falling in love as the “char-crossed” lovers. Witnessing all of this