One of my childhood heroes was Mighty Mouse. Who can deny the cuteness of a caped cartoon rodent in tights? Top that off with the ability to fly, superhuman strength and a defender-of-justice attitude. The clincher, though, was that he could sing like an opera star.
I can’t imagine anything closer to that experience on the live stage than “Fortuna the Time Bender vs. the Schoolgirls of Doom.” It’s a superhero opera by Jason Powell. And this is its last weekend.
From the web: “In the town of Anyville, crime is no longer a problem – having been wiped out by its resident superhero, the time-bending Fortuna. But then … ! Sweeping in from across the Atlantic to fill this power vacuum comes the Headmaster, a criminal mastermind as brilliant as he is British. Our hero is forced to recruit an ally from amongst Anyville’s everyday, ordinary citizenry in order to even the odds against her new nemesis …before a reign of terror is brought down upon the town, courtesy of the evil Headmaster and his – Schoolgirls of Doom!”
The Milwaukee Opera Theatre production is at the Alchemist Theatre & Lounge, 2569 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. but all shows have been sold out for weeks. If nothing else, you can read about it here. And here. And here. So there.