Stage spotlight: 'Blind Date'

"Blind Date," by Canadian actor/writer Rebecca Northan, is not to be confused with any of the many properties by the same name, including a reality TV show, a play by Horton Foote or several films. In this partly improvised show, Northan plays Mimi, a Parisian temptress who picks a member of the audience each night for a blind date. The production, which originated in Canada, is backed by producer and onetime Ordway Center CEO Kevin McCollum ("Rent" and "In the Heights"). It has been described as "part burlesque, part Lucille Ball," and fraught with all the tension of two strangers meeting for the first time.