"Conceived by playwright Robert Horn in a pandemic rewrite of his previous , is an absurd modern fairy tale with a country-music variety show's soul. And I do not exaggerate when I say that nearly every other line is a punny joke, often in the dad-joke genre, though also very often bawdy or outright lewd. The character of Peanut is introduced early on, and he seems plucked right out of or ,"
"is narrated by two winsome "storytellers," played gamely and delightfully by Maya Lagerstam and Bay Area native and TikTok and Instagram's favorite former theater kid Tyler Joseph Ellis. And the story they tell is of Cob County, a tiny place in an unnamed state which has, as in a fable, walled itself off from the outside world by rows and rows of corn. The town is in trouble, because the corn crop is in trouble, and seems to be diseased or something"
A new Broadway musical arrived in San Francisco on its first national tour as a genuinely funny, light-hearted treat in an old-timey vein. The show embraces a sweet, formulaic musical structure while delivering humor and catchy songs that recall earlier Broadway confections. Conceived by playwright Robert Horn in a pandemic rewrite of his previous work, the piece reads as an absurd modern fairy tale infused with a country-music variety show's soul. Nearly every other line lands as a pun or dad joke, often bawdy or lewd. The character Peanut supplies successive groan-worthy puns, and the tale is narrated by two winsome storytellers. The plot centers on Cob County, a tiny, walled town whose corn crop appears diseased, imperiling the community.
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