We enjoyed an evening at Starlight Theatre last night watching the musical adaptation of “The Little House on the Prairie”.  The shows stars Melissa Sue Gilbert as Ma – you may remember her playing Laura in the 1970’s TV show.

The girls have been lovers of the books and we’ve been to several of the Little House on the Prairie museums (De Smet, South Dakota; Walnut Grove, Minnesota; and Mansfield, Missouri).

The evening started with meeting friends for dinner at La Roux – a new southern cajun restaurant here in town.  After an awesome dinner of BLTs (made with fried green tomatoes) and sweet potato fries, we headed off to Starlight Theatre. Starlight Theatre is an outdoor amphitheater in Swope Park here in Kansas City.  What a beautiful night (especially for being 85 degrees with sticky humidity).

The musical was engaging, fun, and very entertaining.  Linda and I both commented that we weren’t quite ready for the show to be done.  When you know a lot of the story, you expect to see more of it.  However, one can only fit so much story into 3 hours of musical.

If you get a chance to see it – do so!

Image courtesy of Minnesota Public Radio