On Sunday morning of Labor Day weekend, I sat with a view of gorgeous Lake Superior (the closest thing Minnesota has to an ocean) on a perfect late summer day and started working on this blog post. Like most of the good things in my life, I have theater to thank for this view. Duluth's
Renegade Theatre Company just opened their production of Stephen Sondheim's
Assassins, and since I love Sondheim (what musical theater nerd doesn't), have never seen
Assassins, and no Twin Cities theater company has done it in my recent memory, I decided it was the perfect excuse to go to Duluth for the holiday weekend. Accompanied by my fellow
Twin Cities Theater Bloggers Gina from
The Room Where It Happens and Julie and Carol from
Minnesota Theater Love, we hopped in my VW bug convertible (top down) for a beautiful drive that not even construction traffic could spoil. Staying at the lovely B&B
Solglimt (just on the other side of the lift bridge, so within sight and walking distance of Canal Park but away from the craziness), seeing an excellent production of a Sondheim musical, having
Brunch with Blake Thomas (one of my favorite Minnesota musicians), chatting about theater with friends, and eating lots of good food turned out to be a nearly perfect Labor Day weekend (almost as good as the five Labor Day weekends I spent at the
best little music fest in Minnesota). Moral of the story: sometimes it's good to get out of the city and see more of our fair state, but you can also see some pretty great theater while you're there.
