"I could see it all, visually, the way I wanted to do it. It's really a matter of doing everything we can to communicate the songs to the audience," said Anderson, who upped the ante on things like set, costumes and props to help tell the stories behind the songs. In addition, he's using an expanded cast to help the characters telling those stories have credence. "We wanted to explore what the songs actually mean," he said. "There are some very specific songs, with regard to who's singing them, and we wanted the actors to reflect that." - Michael Moore, Kitsap Sun - Read more.