   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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So there we were, happily singing "Jingle Bells," when Sister Mary Hurricane hit. "We are only supposed to have songs about the birth of the baby Jesus!" she roared, sweeping into the 1960's classroom set up on stage, complete with a photo of JFK right under a slightly larger one of Pope Paul. So with Sister's suggestion that we re-write the lyrics - "Oh what fun it is to ried with baby Jesus in the sleigh" - we launched into the tune again. Welcome to the reverently wacky world of Sister (no further name needed). You enter as a member of St. Bruno's Adult Catechism Class, but from the minute the first student is called upon to stand, give their name - "First, middle and Confirmation!" - you'll be plunged right back into the world of itchy wool uniforms, First Fridays and sliding over in your seat to make room for Jesus (or the Blessed Mother, if you were a girl). After barking, "Did I tell you you could sit down?" at one audience member, Sister warned, "Don't worry, it'll all come back to you, just like riding a bike!" And she was right. It's the latest incarnation of the "Catechism" series, this one titled "Sister's Christmas Catechism: The Mystery of the Magi's Gold." Lela Frechette is Sister in the series written by Maripat Donovan, and excels at the required comic timing, withering glances and impromptu comebacks. There's open seating for the two hour (give or take, depending on whether Sister wants to keep the class late) production, so you can sit with your friends, but if you try to whisper or pass notes, Sister might inquire, "Do I need to separate you two?" The first act serves as an introduction to Sister's odd and utterly faith-filled world. Clad in a flawless rendition of a nun's habit, right down to the straight pins holding her wimple together, she prowls the classroom. She shares her offbeat outlook on everything from what to give a nun for Christmas ("A handkerchief is good. Jean Nate is good, but never, never, never, buy a nun Obsession, White Shoulders, My Sin or any perfume by Elizabeth Taylor!") to the religious symbolism of the candy cane ("the red is for the blood of the martyrs - isn't that festive??!!"). The request for Confirmation names revelaed that not everyone in the audience was Catholic, but the "publics" and members of "spin-off religions" were warmly welcomed anyway with a cheery, "Maybe you'll convert before the end of the class!" So while firsthand experience in a Catholic school classroom wasn't necessary, a good sense of humor certainly helped. The pressure was on as audience members were called on to define "nativity," share stories of having birthdays near Christmas and, if they hadn't attended Catholic school, answer the sweetly posed question, "Didin't your parents care about you?" A few monologues in the first act slowed the pace a bit, but after intermission Sister was back with renewed energy to select members of the audience for a creche scene. A perky Red Hatter named Virginia Eleanor who piped up, "I was named after the actress Eleanor Boardman!" and drew Sister's retort, "No dear, you were named after Mary!" earned the assignment of ass, to roars of laughter and applause. Sister's costumes - cobbled together from a pinch-pleat drape, a shower curtain, a fitted sheet, table runners, a wreath, a plastic cup, and, in one inspired choice, a blender cozy - were nothing short of brilliant. With audience members costumed as the Holy Family, the Wise Men, the animals and, inexplicably, the Little Drummer Boy, Sister posed the ancient mystery she'd solve for us: Who stole the gold brought by the the Magi? This holiday plot, although bolstered by Sister's fond memories of "the Christmas episode of 'Dragnet'," felt a bit hasty and cobbled-on. Using a roll of crime scene tape, a piece of chalk and a ball of orange yarn, Sister tapped a suspect and proved her case. It was amusing, but the heart of "Sister's Christmas Catechism" lies not in the loose plot but in the pure gold in Frechette's transformation into the crusty, eccentric, supremely confident Sister. |
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