MURRAY – As part of its fundraising campaign for the Drs. Dick and Jan Weaver Challenge for Charities, Playhouse in the Park will present the acclaimed romantic musical “The Last Five Years” this weekend.

“The Last Five Years” was written by Jason Robert Brown and tells the story of a five-year relationship and subsequent failed marriage of Jamie Wellerstein, a writer who is beginning to become successful, and Cathy Hyatt, a struggling actress. The show was originally produced in Chicago in 2001 before being brought to New York City the following year for an Off-Broadway run. According to Playbill, after being a cult favorite among musical lovers for more than two decades, it finally made its Broadway debut earlier this year.

The show features a two-person cast and is told with an unconv

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