If you have a yen for catchy tunes, love stories, and everything else that makes the most successful Broadway productions so memorable and universal, invite your bestie to Theatre Calgary to see Beaches the Musical.
By Jacqueline Louie /May 28, 2024
iPhoto caption: Jessica Vosk and Kelli Barrett in Beaches the Musical. Photo by Trudie Lee.
“Usually, when we put women on the stage, we either pit them against each other for the affections of a man,” says actor Kelli Barrett, who stars opposite Jessica Vosk in Beaches the Musical. “A platonic female friendship that is still a love story is very rare — not since Wicked, and even then, Glinda and Elphaba are mortal enemies for a long time.”