The National Tour of "Something Rotten!"
It is always such a pleasure to go to the theatre just for the purpose of laughing. Although I have seen some wonderful productions within the past year or so, it has been awhile since I have seen a pure comedy where I had the opportunity to do nothing more than laugh my face off for a couple of hours. Luckily, the national tour of Something Rotten! allowed me to bask in the wonder of a well written musical comedy. Something Rotten! is a witty musical (with a book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell, and a score by Wayne and Karey Kirkpatrick) about the Bottom Brothers, Nick and Nigel, who are struggling playwrights that are constantly overshadowed by the starlet of a playwright, William Shakespeare. Nick visits Thomas Nostradamus (Nostradumus' less in demand nephew) to find out what the next big trend in theatre will be, so he can get ahead of the game and dethrone Shakespeare of his high status in the world of theatre. Nostradamus tells Nick that some years down the lin