   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 Dwayne Steward I must say I was pleasantly surprised after dragging my baby-booming, starch-conservative mother out to "Girls Night: The Musical" last night. Though lacking slightly in artistic value, it was in this error that it showed strength, unapologetically plowing through any sort of "rightness" while capitalizing on the "myth" of girl-power beyond a certain age. It even sent my Pentecostal mother on a laughing spree after introducing a well-endowed inflatable man into a dance number - a feat that definitely deserves some recognition. Louise Roche's British phenomenon, still on its climb in the States, took the packed Southern Theatre audience by storm as it followed Liza (Sonya Carter), Anita (Justine Hall), Carol (Renee Colvert) and Kate (Whitney Kathleen Vigil) on a "typical" girls night out on the town. The musical borrowed classic 80's hits (and dance moves) as the story navigated through the girls' storyline. Sharon (Crystal Kellogg), a childhood friend killed in a motorcycle accident 20 years earlier, narrated the clique's sometimes jaded past, clad in an all-white Madonna / Michael influenced ensemble, complete with the rhinestoned mini jacket, pump tennis shoes and tight straight-legged pants. A pair of glittered wings completed the outfit. Though the draw for the packed house, the 80's aura wasn't what drove the play towards success, it was the overwhelming authenticity of the characters. Most notable were Vigil and Colvert, whose chemistry - as the conflicting, yet loving, sisters Kate and Carol, respectively - stole the show. The plot negotiated between the comedic and the dramatic, though jarring at times (transitioning from Carol's tear-jerking marital tragedy to the pop tune "I'm Every Woman"), keeping the plot on a steady incline. Each woman had their time to shine, with Kellogg employing the perfect comedic shtick needed to pull off the sassy, mischevious and ultimately misguided Sharon. Hall's portayal of the sometimes unstable Anita was a true embodiment of a woman on the brink. She also took the award for best vocal of the night, her power ballads eliciting overwhelming reactions from the audience. And Carter definitely looked comfortable in the skin of ever-pleasing Liza, proving why she was brought back for the show's second tour. Complete with a decked out club scene, dripping in pink fur and a disco ball as its set, the cast broke that fourth wall at times to engage the crowd in the atmosphere. A few scenes were accompanied by a large number of patrons standing, clapping and dancing in the aisles. Taking its cue frm the comedic stylings of "Desperate Housewives" and "Sex in the City," "Girls Night: The Musical" simply offers good music and a good time, with a no-holds-barred look at women in their 40's. And if it can get mom to laugh at a few raunchy jokes that would make even Will Ferrell squirm (lest we forget the blow up doll), then its got to be doing something right. "Girls Night" continues through Sunday. For tickets, hit up TicketMaster or visit www.capa.com/columbus. Go ahead; take a few friends out to the Southern this weekend. I promise there are Easton showings of "Sex in the City: The Movie" well past the show's 9:45 curtain call. |
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