Review: (Toronto) The Ballad of Weedy Peetstraw (SummerWorks)
Anything played on a banjo...by Beat RiceWow, anything played on the banjo really does sound good. Add a full band, some actors with strong voices and a stage, and you've got The Ballad of Weedy Peetstraw, a 90 minute bluegrass musical. It identifies itself as an opera although most of the storytelling is done through song with some text in between. The cast of 10, with four live musicians, create some really big sou…