I live about 45 minutes from there. Have seen shows there in the past. Last year they did a cabaret show based on the music of our own David Lahm's mother, Dorothy Fields. I'll round up some fans in the area and make a trip there.
Jerry Timothy Spong wrote: > Fellow JMDLers: > > The following, posted Sunday on the Joan (Baez) List, which I read Monday > in digest form, should be equally interesting to this Joni List: > > Message Number: 25 > Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 12:25:07 -0800 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: "Guitar Girls" in FL > > Anyone nearby able to get to this show? > It will be interesting to know which of Joan's songs is being used. > Dave > > Guitar Girls > > As it celebrates the achievements of female singer/songwriters, the musical > revue "Guitar Girls" also explores the way women's roles have changed in > America. > > "The earliest songs in the show are about home and family and spirituality," > said Dennis Courtney, who is directing the Florida Studio Theatre Cabaret > production that opens Thursday. > > "The women were defined by their men, and how they felt about them. The > later > songs reflect the breakup of the nuclear family, and the changing > relationships between men and women. Then, there's a real shift of > consciousness, with women beginning to own their individuality and power for > the first time." > > Works by the Carter Family, the Weavers, Carol King, Janis Joplin, Joan > Baez, > Joni Mitchell, the Dixie Chicks and Mary Chapin Carpenter are featured in > the > show. > > The song list includes "Will the Circle Be Unbroken," "If I Had a Hammer," > "You've Got a Friend," "Jolene," "Mercedes Benz," and, naturally, > Carpenter's > "Girls with Guitars." > > Cast member Rhonda Coullet, who has appeared in such previous cabaret > productions as "Smoke on the Mountain" and "Harry Chapin and Friends," > helped > conceive the show. > > She is joined by three other singer/guitarists, Mimi Bessette, Emily > Mikesell > and Stewart Gregory. > > "Stewart provides the male perspective that is necessary in some of these > songs," said Courtney. > > Laughing, Gregory said he was relieved to learn "I wouldn't be wearing heels > and a dress." > > Courtney described all the cast members as "good musicians and actors who > have the life experience necessary for these songs. They have a real > understanding of the lyrics. They don't have to re-invent themselves to be > these people." > > -- Charlie Husiking > > "Guitar Girls" opens at 7:30 p.m. Thursday following previews at 7:30 p.m. > Tuesday and Wednesday in the Florida Studio Theatre Cabaret Club, 1241 N. > Palm Ave., Sarasota. Tickets range from $18-$22. Call 366-9000. > > ------------------------------ > > _________________________________________________________________ > Help STOP SPAM: Try the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
