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'Hot Pickup' Is A Truly Character-Driven Musical

BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) - Fans of Boulder's Dinner Theatre this month can check out the world premiere of a musical in progress.

In most musicals you have a plot line and each song pushes that plot line along toward the big finale. In the new musical Slow Dance With a Hot Pickup you have eight characters holding onto a pickup truck for dear life. All for very different reasons.

"It's the characters -- and their reasons for being in this rather vicious radio station contest -- that create the drama," CBS4 Critic at Large Greg Moody said.

"What's fascinating here is that it's been years since I've seen a character-driven musical and one in which each of these characters has to draw out the stories of the others," Moody said.

Watch Moody's complete review in the video clip below:

Slow Dance With a Hot Pickup is showing at Boulder's Dinner Theatre through Nov. 5.

LINK: Slow Dance With a Hot Pickup at Bouldersdinnertheatre.com

- Greg Moody is CBS4's Critic At Large. His reports on CBS4 News are featured on the CBSDenver.com Entertainment section.

- Also, don't miss Moody's entertaining bio, his Top Spots in Denver lists, and his frequently updated Moody's Picks page.

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