   7/22/2010 - Geva extends the run of Girls Night! News and Press Releases
Rochester’s biggest party of the summer will continue through the 13th of August. Due to popular demand, Geva Theatre Center announces ten additional performances of Girls Night The Musical.
7/21/2010 - Girls Night is definitely one for the ladies! Review
But the less-than-traditional audience that filled the theater was merely a reflection of the show on stage. As the name suggests, "Girls Night" is definitely one for the ladies, although there were a handful of brave men in the crowd on opening night. ("Suckers!" the welcoming voice-over playfully taunted.) On the surface "Girls Night" appears to be a glorified bachelorette party onstage, but at its core, the show is a relatively rousing two-hour celebration of girl power.
7/15/2010 - Girls Night: The Musical on stage at Geva Review
Call your girlfriends and head to Geva Theatre – It's "Girl's Night Out".
That's right. Girls Night: The Musical is now on stage and the party
starts the minute the lights come up on stage. The show will have you dancing in your seat.
7/12/2010 - Summer Gets Hotter at Geva! News and Press Releases
As we are currently experiencing a heatwave in Rochester, I thought it only apropos to talk about the heatwave happening in our Mainstage, namely Girls Night the Musical. Think of it as “Sex in the City” meets “Desperate Housewives” with a little Mamma Mia thrown in for good measure.
6/29/2010 - Girls Night: The Musical, Reviewed by Ron Gross Review
BOTTOM LINE: Our highest recommendation! I’ve never seen an audience enjoy a musical more than at this touching and hilarious romp.
6/25/2010 - 'Girl Talk' follows in the fun footsteps of 'Girls Night' News and Press Releases
"Sonya Carter abandoned a 12-year corporate career with American Express to hit the boards with "Girls Night: The Musical," a tale of friends out for a bit of fun one evening. It played in Wilmington twice, and now Carter will be back Tuesday and Wednesday in another production by the same company, the world premiere of "Girl Talk: The Musical." It's more than girls just wanting to have fun, says Carter. "Every night is a new experience. This show is so different in that it really engages the audience. "
6/25/2010 - A night of 'Girl Talk' News and Press Releases
"Tim Flaherty, the president of Entertainment Events Inc., and Louise Roche, a British playwright, have discovered a theatrical goldmine."
6/25/2010 - 'Girl Talk' makes premiere at Dupont Theater News and Press Releases
"Sonya Carter knows there’s no business like show business. “Growing up, I was that kid who always made everybody sit down and watch me dance and sing,” she said over the phone. But, Carter’s road to a career on the stage came a little later in life."
4/28/2010 - "Girls" is a Bunch of Fun Review
From The Philadelphia Inquirer, By Toby Zinman: The "girls" who came to see Girls Night were every age, shape, size, race, and color. There were even a few guys. A group of 11 high school teachers was sitting next to me. Everybody seemed to have the same good time. The show's unpretentious fun and the talented, unembarrassable women on stage had all of the audience on their feet, clapping, singing, and dancing in the aisles.
4/9/2010 - Theater Review: ‘Girls Night’ at the Temple Theater in Des Moines Review
SPECIAL TO THE REGISTER The cast of “Girls Night: The Musical” tell the story of five longtime friends, one of whom is a ghost, and belt out 14 classic songs. (Special to the Register)
2/17/2010 - 'Til Death: Late Night Catechism' gives the audience top billing Review
The line on the accompanying pop-out box says “Play review,” but “’Til Death Do Us Part: Late Nite Catechism 3” is more an event. The audience is the show.
7/27/2009 - GIRLS NIGHT: THE MUSICAL at the Downstairs Cabaret at Sofia's Review
When the whole audience joins in to chant "I Will Survive," you realize that "Girls Night: The Musical" is not just a silly bachelorette-flavored night on the town. It's a rally. It involves the audience deeply and sincerely in a way that the current Broadway production of "Hair," in its earnestness, can only envy.
9/22/2008 - Get Ready for a Fun "Girls Night" Out Review
The opening night of "Girls Night: The Musical" at Shea's Smith Theatre was an estrogen extravaganza. Under a spinning disco ball, there was raucous laughter, singing and dancing - and that was just the audience.
12/4/2007 - Wimple while you work: Sister leads "Christmas Catechism" Review
So, a nun walks into a theater. No, really. It's not a joke. Not yet.
10/31/2007 - Paramount musical celebrates female friendships News and Press Releases
There's nothing quite so entertaining as watching girls who just want to have fun. They can be catty and cynical, silly or serious, weepy or wistful. And they've evene been known to get a bit raunchy every now and then - usually after midnight and only with the most innocent of intentions.
10/25/2007 - Sister rules, with sharp humor and nostalgia Review
"Late Nite Catechism" at the Olney Theatre Center for the Arts through Nov. 11, takes a hilarious and nostalgic look at parochial school education 40-some years ago, and incorporates many of the changes in the church since then, but it is never unkind or cynical about either the old or the new ways.
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By Lawson Taitte / Theatre Critic Wouldn't it be nice if the season's best musical so far were one of those new-fangled, offbeat pieces with the sheen of intellectual cachet? Or maybe a great classic show revisited and illuminated afresh? It isn't. It's a loud, lewd, lowbrow, white-trash thing called The Great American Trailer Park Musical, and it opened WaterTower Theatre's sixth annual Out of the Loop Festival on Thursday. James Paul Lemons directed this discovery from the 2004 New York Musical Theatre Festival, with a book by Betsy Kelso and music and lyrics by David Nehls. For once, saying that the show has an all-star cast is literally true. Even the three-woman chorus is composed of performers who've all headlined big musicals at local theaters. As the lights come up, we see Sara Shelby-Martin, Cara Statham Serber and Megan Kelly sitting in lawnchairs, using the reflectors in pizza boxes to work on their tans. Ms. Shelby-Martin, the ringleader, narrates the show. (She also has great turns as the hostess of a TV shockfest and as a wailing banshee personifying a hurricaine in the first-act finale). Ms. Kelly is the dumb - really dumb - one of the bunch, Ms. Serber the slutty one whose husband is on death row. They introduce us to Jeannie (Patty Breckenridge) and Norbert (Jim Johnson), whose marriage has been rocky since their son was kidnapped 20 years ago. Jeannie developed agoraphobia and hasn't left their trailer in Armadillo Acres in 20 years. Things get really complicated when Pippi (Stacey Oristano), a stripper on the run from her permanent-marker-sniffing boyfriend, Duke (Andy Baldwin), moves in next door. Norbert stumbles into her strip club looking for his brother and strikes up a friendship with Pippi, which soon turns into something more. A friend calls Pipi to warn her Duke has gone on a rampage and is traveling from Oklahoma to Florida to bring her back or harm her. For the most part, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, rollicks along crudely and hilariously. The many white-trash jokes display good humor and betray an intimate knowledge of Southern foibles. But hidden under all the silly fun, the main characters in the love triangle suffer seriously - and sing passionately, in their own ways. Ms. Breckenridge, as usual, takes the prize for her strong voice and forthright sincerity. But everyone's terrific. The performers who show us new sides of their art are Ms. Serber, with her gap-toothed smile and finger-pointing attitude and the frantically freaky Mr. Baldwin. Only six more performances remain on the Out of the Loop schedule, and Thursday's had hardly an empty seat. If we're lucky maybe WaterTower will find a way to extend. Out of the Loop Festival at WaterTower Theatre, Addison Theatre Center, 15650 Addison Road, Addison, continues through March 11. $5 to $15, festival pass $50. 972-450-6232, www.watertowertheatre.org.
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