BLUEGRASS OPERA & MUSIC THEATRE PRESENTS: MARY TODD

BLUEGRASS OPERA & MUSIC THEATRE IS PROUD TO PRESENT THE WORLD PREMIERE OF MARY TODD: A NEW AMERICAN MUSICAL. WRITTEN IN HONOR OF THE 200TH BIRTHDAY OF MARY TODD LINCOLN, THE SHOW HAS BEEN TOURING THE STATE OF KENTUCKY FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS, AND IT WILL RUN AT THE DOWNTOWN ARTS CENTER IN LEXINGTON ON NOV. 9-11 (PERFORMANCES ON FRIDAY & SATURDAY AT 7:30PM, AND SATURDAY & SUNDAY AT 2PM).

THE STORY FOLLOWS THE FUTURE FIRST LADY AS SHE STRUGGLES TO NAVIGATE THE WORLD OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH AS A TEENAGER IN LEXINGTON DURING THE 1830S. FROM A COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP WITH HER COLD STEPMOTHER AND WELL-MEANING FATHER TO HER WARM AND ADVENTUROUS RELATIONSHIP WITH CENTRAL KENTUCKY’S AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, AND FROM BRIGHT DANCES AT HER FINISHING SCHOOL TO ODD APOTHECARY SHOPS, MARY IS NEVER A TRADITIONAL “YOUNG LADY,” BUT SHE DOES DISCOVER THE VARIED COLORS AND TONES OF WOMANHOOD.