Johnny Cash fever is sweeping the country! First, there was the film Walk the Line, for which Reese Witherspoon won the Oscar (among other awards) in appreciation of her portrayal of June Carter Cash, while Joaquin Phoenix's equally strong Johnny Cash impersonation failed to take home the gold. Now, on stage, there's Ring of Fire, for which the decision was made to have no designated Cash figure walk the (chorus) line -- even though the males in the cast wear a lot of black.

Conceived by William Meade, and created and directed by Richard Maltby, Jr., the show has a cast of 14 singing Cash's chart-toppers as well as some lesser-known numbers. Maltby, who has acknowledged that he knew litt[...]