In the Summer of 2008, Steve Blanchard headed to the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, MN to play Pa (Charles Ingalls) opposite Melissa Gilbert as Ma (Caroline Ingalls) in the premiere of the new musical, Little House of the Prairie.  

From Variety:  Steve Blanchard as Pa combines a restless, at-times-volcanic temper with a rich croon that ably evokes a prairie wind....And Blanchard almost saves the day with his delivery of "The Prairie Moves," a lilting ode to open spaces that summons the sense of eternal possibility that, to some degree, still infuses the American consciousness.