Minneapolis Musical Theatre is back with another rare musical, well done.
Triassic Parq is another in the vein of the campy spoof musical (see also
Silence! The Musical), which is not my favorite kind of musical, especially when I'm not that familiar with the source material, but it's a lot of fun. This rock musical is a loose retelling of
Jurassic Park from the point of view of the dinosaurs. I don't really know the movie (I pretty much
only watched it recently when Minnesota Fringe did it for
their annual Five-Fifths fundraiser), so I can't speak to the plot similarities or references. But it's probably kind of like what
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is to
Hamlet (for my fellow theater nerds) - showing us what's going on with the minor characters on the other side of the main action. In this case, those minor characters are dinosaurs, who are also going through some challenges and transitions of their own.
Triassic Parq is a celebration of community, friendship, identity, and finding oneself. It's playing Saturdays and Sundays (plus one Monday night pay-what-you-can performance)
through April 13 at LUSH Lounge and Theater in Northeast Minneapolis, which is the perfect venue for this show. You can also arrive early and have dinner or brunch in their dining room before heading into the event space for the show.
