

They threw in some COVID-19-era jokes, like how “Matchmaker, Matchmaker” should now be “Maskmaker, Maskmaker.” The Playbillies did their inimitable versions of songs from an array of musicals, from “Hamilton” to “My Fair Lady,” and they even served up a medley of tunes from Disney shows. This was Broadway by way of bluegrass.Īnd so it went for a little under an hour and a quarter, as The Playbillies gave a rousing show before a socially distanced audience on the Goodspeed lawn Thursday night. Each carried an instrument - a guitar for one, a fiddle for another - and began playing musical-theater classics but giving them a decidedly different spin. East Haddam - The lush lawn on the shore of the gently flowing Connecticut River was dotted with clusters of people, some picnicking contentedly, others sitting in lawn chairs and chatting among themselves.Īs the sun slowly lowered to the horizon, a group of young musicians took to the stage set up just outside the iconic Goodspeed Opera House.
