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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.
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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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A night of 'Girl Talk'

Friday, June 25, 2010


By DENNY DYROFF, Staff Writer

Tim Flaherty, the president of Entertainment Events Inc., and Louise Roche, a British playwright, have discovered a theatrical goldmine.

They knew that girls just want to have fun. It doesn't matter if the girls are single, married, widowed or divorced. More importantly, it doesn't matter how old they are. Girls will always be girls - and always want to have fun.

So Roche wrote a stage show called "Girls Night, The Musical." The popular show started in the U.K. and eventually moved to the states. It had several successful national tours that included visits to Wilmington's DuPont Theatre in 2007 and 2009.

Roche and Flaherty have joined forces again, and the result is "Girl Talk, The Musical." The show will have its world premiere at the DuPont Theatre. The lively show will be presented on June 29 and 30.

It's expected that, like its predecessor, this show will draw an audience of women between the ages of 18 and 50.

"We do have a very targeted audience," Sonya Carter said during a phone interview on Wednesday from her home in Arizona. "It's a great niche, and it's great fun. There isn't a lot of male-bashing. It's just girls having a good time and being with their friends."

Carter, a production supervisor for Entertainment Events Inc., is the director of the new show - and an actress playing one of the roles.

"Tim conceived it and convinced Louise to write it," she said. "It's a natural segue from 'Girls Night, The Musical' to 'Girl Talk, The Musical.' It's not a sequel, but it's in the same vein.

"There are two radio hosts and this is their last night together because the younger is going on to a solo career. There is Barbara, who started the show 10 years ago; and Janice, who was added

to the show five years later.

"Janice, who is uptight and ambitious, is taking the show away from Barbara. So that leads to a lot of conflict on the final night. The play has two the characters - Crystal, the show's frantic stage manager, and Laura, a sex therapist who was the show's all-time favorite guest.

"One of the reasons audiences love the show is the music," Carter said. "It features hit songs from Beyonce, Aretha Franklin, Pink, Carrie Underwood, the Pointer Sisters - all these great powerful women.

"The audience immediately feels like part of the show," she said. "They can sing, get up and dance and just have a good time. Women love to talk and giggle and this is a great way to do that."

What: "Girl Talk, The Musical"

When: June 29 and 30, 8 p.m.

Where: DuPont Theatre, Hotel DuPont, 10th and Market streets, Wilmington

Tickets: $38 to $55

Information: 800-338-0881 or www.duponttheatre.com

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