Today’s my 31st birthday. If I weren’t already set to enjoy a home-cooked dinner, as made by my fabulous boyfriend, and then drinks-upon-drinks with my closest friends, I’d probably want to spend the evening at Walker Community Church, where I’d detail and repent the very many sins I’ve committed this past year. Just Kidding! This is a Methodist Church, my friends. I don’t believe they deal in reconciliation. It also happens to be the venue for Nautilus Music-Theatre’s latest Rough Cuts concert. Tonight’s program of “Twentieth Century Degenerate Music,” as sung by Christina Baldwin, JP Fitzgibbons, and other such fine, classically-trained singers, isn’t limited to that which was deemed inappropriate by the Nazi government. (This, I believe, was the original definition of the term “degenerate music.”) The bill includes disgusting, offensive, and just irritating tunes by Marc Blitzstein, who composed the great depression-era musical, The Cradle Will Rock, as well as Bob Dylan, Randy Newman, Kurt Weill, and Frank Zappa. Showtime is 7:30 p.m.; call 651-298-9913 to make reservations yours.
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