Wesley Javorsky, left, as Jimmy Ray and Blair Barnett Green as Alice Murphy perform together during the Southwest Playhouse’s production of “Bright Star” Wednesday evening. CDN | Micah Ashcraft
“Bright Star” shines brilliantly at the Southwest Playhouse this season, as an immersive, musical, emotional journey centered in the 1920s and ’40s American South. In many ways, the production timelessly celebrates love and loss, the ways things change, and the ways in which they stay the same.
Heartbreak is balanced by humor throughout the piece, as a kaleidoscope of emotions are explored. Hope, f…