Many thanks to Blue Gate Musicals for providing a sample of the product
for this review. Opinions are 100% my own.
“The Confession Musical” is based on the New York Times best-selling book
series “The Heritage of Lancaster County,” written by Beverly Lewis and
written for the stage by Emmy-Nominated screenwriter Martha Bolton.
Katie Lapp, a young Amish girl, discovers her parents have been
keeping a secret from her… she is adopted. Katie decides to seek her birth
mother, defying the rules of her Amish village and risking a shunning.
Meanwhile, her wealthy birth mother, Laura Mayfield, battling an illness
that might take her life, begins searching for her long-lost daughter to
bequeath her inheritance before it is too late. Secretly plotting against
her is the gold-digging husband Dylan (played by John Schneider), who is
scheming to make sure he inherits her fortune. With the help and prayers of
her Christian maidservant (played by Chonda Pierce), they try to foil
Dylan’s plan and reunite Katie and Laura.
When I read the description of the new "The Confession
Musical", I couldn't help but think it sounded pretty dramatic and full of
heart. While I was familiar with Beverly Lewis' Amish novels, I had yet to
personally read the series on which the play had been based. I was intrigued
by the idea of this Amish musical and couldn't wait to check it out for
myself.
I must admit that seeing the stage on screen was a
unique experience for me and one that I wasn't sure how I felt about at first.
Despite my initial hesitation though, it didn't take me very long at all to be
drawn into the story. And boy, what a story it was! Family secrets, grief and
loss, deception... even a shunning! Honestly, there was actually quite a lot
of hard stuff tackled in this musical... so what really surprised me was how
much humor it had as well.
That was, in large part thanks
to Emmy® -nominated and best-selling comedian/actress Chonda Pierce. She
played a somewhat zany maid and her character provided some much-needed levity
to what otherwise had the potential to be a very depressing story. Whether it
was a funny quip or one of her epic facial expressions, I couldn't help but
laugh along.
Real life can be like that too, can't it? Life
can get extremely messy and tough... but if we look around us, we can still
find the joy and the humor despite it all. Like the joy we can find in
watching a musical with our friends and family!
Check out
this interview with Chonda:
Of course, while I
definitely appreciated the humorous moments in the play, the dramatic ones
were done just as wonderfully too. This story took me through a roller coaster
of emotions and the actors brought those emotions to the stage/screen
wonderfully. I love Smallville, so seeing John Schneider take on the role
of the mean and greedy husband was quite entertaining for me to see as well.
Overall, I found it to offer a great blend of drama, humor and musical
goodness... it's certainly one I'll want to watch again!
"The
Confession Musical" is in theaters for one day only. Buy tickets today to see
THE CONFESSION musical movie exclusively in theaters on February 20th!
Buy
your tickets here:
https://www.fathomevents.com/events/The-Confession-Musical
More about the movie: https://confessionmusicalmovie.com/
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This movie sounds amazing and I love that it is family friendly that is so important to me.
ReplyDeleteheather hgtempaddy
I think I saw this on stage a number of years ago in Shipshawana, IN on stage. It was a wonderfully heartfelt story
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