Two Harbors native writes Ritz musical

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A Two Harbors native’s poker-themed musical will premiere at The Ritz Theater in Minneapolis in mid-April.

Tom Broadbent’s “Deal! The Musical” is co-written with Jerry Seifert and follows the weekly poker games played in the basement of Art and Elsie Swenson, a poor farming family from Stacey, Minn. It is based on Broadbent’s grandparents and spans a generation that includes trying to purchase a farm and raise two daughters and entertaining a colorful cast of friends and relatives for the poker games.

Broadbent also wrote “Henrietta: A Children’s Musical,” “The Story of Henrietta,” “I’ve Got My Eyes on Betty’s Pies” and “Pickin’ the Bones of Grampa Jones.”

The show runs April 20-May 6. Tickets are $29 and available at the Ritz box office or by calling (612) 436-1129.

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