The Invisible Hand

Last week we saw the Invisible Hand at Cleveland Playhouse.  An American banker is kidnapped by Pakistani freedom fighters in the near future.   He agrees to make money for the group to pay his own ransom.   It was compelling.   I also learned quite a bit about the stock market and business that I didn't know before.   It asks about faith and what is good for one's people.

Hair

I finally got to see Hair!  I had missed it at Playhouse Square in 2012, but the Beck Center has a collaboration going on with the Baldwin Wallace school.   I really enjoyed it.   The students are amazing and the choreography and singing are strong.    It was nice have some context put to the music.  I wrongly assumed that it was from the 70s, but it's from the late 60s.   It was a neat use of modern protest signs and clips with the show.  The video editing game is strong with this show.  Go see it!