I finally got to see Galen's Grocer: The Musical last night! I missed its original (non-musical) run last year, so I'd been looking forward to this one for a while, and it absolutely lived up to the hype.

First of all, I am always here for a show that unexpectedly introduces puppets. If a production suddenly pulls out a puppet, my enjoyment immediately increases by at least 30%.

The cast was fantastic, energetic, engaging, and completely committed to the wonderfully absurd world they were creating. Every actor leaned into the chaos with the perfect balance of sincerity and ridiculousness.

The whole thing is delightfully weird... the kind of weird where you spend the entire show thinking, "What on earth am I watching?" while simultaneously never wanting it to end.

The easiest way I can describe it is that it's like the President's Choice version of Kim's Convenience... but with even more capitalism. Somehow that's both a compliment and an accurate plot summary.

I left the theatre with sore sides from laughing, a handful of songs hopelessly lodged in my brain, and one question that has refused to leave me:

Kiss?????

If you know, you know. If you don't... go see the show.