BEGINNING FRIDAY, JAN. 24
In 2007 a beautiful little film called Waitress debuted in theaters, about a woman who bakes her feelings at a small-town diner, while trapped in an abusive marriage. Eight years later singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles debuted a show of her own on a Harvard stage, a musical based on this tender, funny movie, which quickly made it to Broadway later that year. A decade later it’s coming to the NWPA community as the Erie Playhouse makes it its own.
The Playhouse is kicking off the new year with a multi-Tony Award-nominated showstopper, with its many moving parts under the direction of Trish Yates. “This show beautifully parallels the baking of a pie — ingredients that are unexpected, crafted, mixed together, and then baked to reveal a delicious dessert: a sweet and tangy ending,” said Yates. She continued, “Ordinary lives each have extraordinary purpose.”…