Theater spotlights: 'Princess Diana the Musical' and 'Junk Song'

July 18, 2013 at 9:30PM
Photo credit: Jim Ahrens Angela Walberg, Gabe Angieri and Annette Kurek in "Junk Song" at Nimbus Theater in Mpls.
Annette Kurek, Gabe Angieri and Angela Walberg in “Junk Song.” (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Princess Diana, the Musical

Continues: With Anglophiles gripped in babymania, this tribute to Prince William's mother lands in Minnesota for the first time. Songwriter Karen Sokolof Javitch and writer/actor Elaine Jabenis put the musical together in response to Diana's death in August 1997. Originally a song cycle, it grew into a scripted show. McKayla Marso, recently seen in the national tour of "Spamalot," plays the ill-fated princess. Sean Dillon is her husband, Prince Charles. Ross Young directs the Actors Theater of Minnesota production with musical direction from Kevin Dutcher. (7:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat., Wed.-Thu., 5 p.m. Sun., Camp Bar, 490 N. Robert St., St. Paul, $19.50-$29.50, 800-838-3006 or BrownPaperTickets.com)

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Junk Song

Opening: First-time playwright Meg Lambert puts this musical into the realm of a garage sale where the neighborhood shows up. The cast includes Angela Walberg, Gabe Angieri and Annette Kurek. Becka Linder, who has worked with Theatre Unbound and Pro Rata, directs. (7:30 p.m. Fri.-Sun. Ends July 27, Nimbus Theatre, 1517 Central Av. NE., Mpls., $20-$35, 800-838-3006 or BrownPaperTickets.com.)

Graydon Royce

Credit: Actors Theater of Minnesota Sean Dillon and McKaylo Marso in" Princess Diana, The Musical" at the Actors Theater of Minnesota.
Sean Dillon and McKayla Marso in “Princess Diana, The Musical.” (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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