By Christopher Heide
TRAILS is a visually splendid, lyrically beautiful and thematically resonating new musical currently playing at the Issaquah Village Theatre. A masterful production, it seamlessly blends contemporary themes of love, loss and the pursuit of the impossible into an empathetically entertaining tear-jerker that easily purports a bombastic, awe-inspiring journey. While featuring only six cast members, TRAILS feels like a large-scale musical that is instantly ready for Broadway. Impressively, it is a must see, original production for any fan of the true musical.