Tacoma Musical Playhouse's production of Nine was everything Director and Choreographer Jon-Douglas Rake announced. Based on Fellini's film 8 1/2, it was indeed beautiful - the women, the acting, the set, the songs, the orchestra, the casting, all of it. TMP did a wonderful job producing a spectacle worth seeing. (The one technical issue was during a passionate stage kiss; the actors' mics weren't muted and the audience was forced to pick out dialogue above the rustling.)

Unfortunately, a mediocre plot can dampen the most brilliant staging. 

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Nine

through April 17, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday
Tacoma Musical Playhouse
7116 Sixth Ave., Tacoma
253.565.6867