Brigadoon
Alan Jay Lerner (Book & Lyrics); Frederick Lowe (Music)
South Bay Musical Theatre
“When you love someone deeply, anything is possible … even miracles.”
In times such as we are now experiencing where more and more people are either deeply losing hope, becoming daily more cynical, or just checking out, the idea of miracles probably for most seems a bit ludicrous and old-fashioned. But such is the case even in 1946 when two New Yorkers find themselves lost in the Scottish Highlands forests, only suddenly to hear singing and see a village emerge in the morning fog in a location where the map shows no such place.
When they enter a town with no phones or electricity, with people dressed from another century, and with everyone welcoming them as almost family in phrases quaint and archaic, their New York, inbred skepticism and proneness to ridicule what they do not understand is sorely tested — until at least for one of them, love emerges while strolling the heather fields.
Just as the world was two years later still trying to recover from WWII, Alan Jay Lerner (book and lyrics) and Frederick Lowe (music) brought the hope of magic and miracles to Broadway along with a dream that an eternally happy village called Brigadoon might be possible. Almost seventy years later, South Bay Musical Theatre in their current production of Brigadoon seeks to raise our spirits and remind us that even amidst dark times, being open to something as simple as newfound love can prove miraculous.
What is truly almost incredulous about SBMT’s current production of Brigadoon is the extraordinary, local talent assembled among the cast of twenty seven, the orchestra of seventeen, and a creative team of true artists. There is not a stage in America that would not be proud of this must-see production now playing in Saratoga, with voices, acting, choreography, music, and visuals absolutely as magical and miraculous as the village of Brigadoon itself.
For the rest of my review, please proceed to Talkin’Broadway.
Rating: 5 E, MUST-SEE
A Theatre Eddys Best Bet Production
Brigadoon continues through June 7, 2025, in a two-hour, thirty minute (one intermission) production by South Bay Musical Theatre at Saratoga Civic Theatre, 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, CA. Tickets are available online at https://southbaymt.com or at the box office Monday – Sunday, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. (phone, 408-266-4734)
Photo Credit: Dave Lepori
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