Barlow & Bear bring musical theater into the TikTok era
This is part a series of features from All Things Considered on first-time Grammy nominees, ahead of the April 3 awards. You can read and listen to the other profiles on Saweetie, Arooj Aftab and Jimmie Allen.
Our protagonists, two young women of eligible age, are in the city for the season. They spend the afternoon in the company of a wealthy benefactor and his family, marveling at the high-ceilinged ballrooms of his estate.
Instead of returning to their quarters to rest before their evening engagement — a sought-after performance at the theater — our ladies instead take high tea, where they receive unexpected news that has them weeping with joy.
And later at the performance, the pair spot an esteemed gentleman with whom they had corresponded previously, who was delighted to see them and conveyed the well wishes of his social circle at their good news.
