The actor playing Tom of Finland is phenomenal in the musical

Olli Rahkonen is “phenomenal” as Touko Laaksonen, the Finnish visual artist known as Tom of Finland, according to a theater review.

The musical successfully moves between today’s party culture and the underground years experienced by sexual minorities.

The review describes the first week of September as a genuine high point for Finnish music theater and musicals. It says this was not because something new and unexpected had appeared, but because the field is beginning to learn the value of long-term commitment.