Fun with 'Trailer Park' musical at Spirit of Broadway

Now here's a great high-concept description of a show: "South Park meets Desperate Housewives."

One critic characterized "The Great American Trailer Park Musical" in that saucy way, and then the New York Post, after detailing "Trailer Park Musical's" merry mash-up of adultery, strippers, murderous ex-boyfriends, Costco and the Ice Capades, called it "undeniable fun."

Theatergoers around here can see exactly what they meant when the show opens at the Spirit of Broadway Theater.

The piece by David Nehls and Betsy Kelso is set, naturally, in a trailer park. This one's called Armadillo Acres. One of the denizens sees her married upended by the arrival of a stripper on the lam.

"The Great American Trailer Park Musical," Spirit of Broadway Theater, 24 Chestnut St., Norwich; opens Wednesday and runs through Feb. 7; 8 p.m. Wed.-Sat. and 2 p.m. Sun., except 7:30 p.m. Jan. 8 (women's night, $35) and Jan. 22 (gay and lesbian night, $35) and 7 p.m. Jan. 16 (gala, $75); $30 ($25 age 65 and up, students); (860) 886-2378, spiritofbroadway.org.