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A musical comedy entitled A Dog's Life has premiered at Kansas City, Missouri's American Heartland Theater.

The play "is a warmhearted and hilarious new musical comedy about the joys and challenges of dog ownership" according to the musical's home page. It follows the life of one dog, Jack and his human companion Joel throughout their relationship.

I searched for a review of the musical, which premiered on March 2, but found only this preview on something called Pitch.com:

While we remain skeptical that theme -- as opposed to stories or characters -- is where a playwright should strike first in search of heart and humor, the American Heartland's long string of themed shows -- marriage, menopause, Christmas -- has boasted big hits and, in last month's Leaving Iowa, at least one critical darling. A Dog's Life is its latest low-concept stab at sitcom universality, promising whatever "foibles and follies" of dog ownership aren't copyrighted by Marmaduke.

I guess reviewers (or previewers as the case may be) are paid mainly to be snarky. Does anything meet their highbrow standards? Love the Marmadue reference. I'm sure my grandmother would laugh out loud at that one.

Anyway, the Playbill piece says that "During the run, local animal shelters will offer pet adoption opportunities," so even if it's not Lerner and Lowe in the minds of THE-A-TAH folks, at least something good will come out of it.