The Cincinnati Playhouse’s season opener, Once on This Island, is a Calypso-flavored musical, a mythical fairy tale set in the French Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. Ti Moune is a peasant girl who rescues Daniel, a boy from a wealthy, aristocratic family, after a car accident. They fall in love, but they’re from two disparate worlds and social classes. Four pompous gods conspire and compete to shape the lives of the pair, but it’s a story of life, pain, grief, faith and hope. A 1991 Tony Award nominee, the show’s 2017 Broadway production was named the season’s Best Revival of a Musical. The joyous score was composed by Stephen Flaherty, an alum of the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, and it’s one that will have you humming all the way home. The 90-minute show is a perfect choice for everyone in the family, making it a great way to kick-off a season of theater-going. Sept. 7-Oct. 6. $30-$72. Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, 962 Mount Adams Circle, Mount Adams, cincyplay.com.
This article appears in Aug 21-28, 2019.
