Good Ol' Girls
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SHOW INFORMATION
Opened Feb 14, 2010
Closed Apr 11, 2010
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Good Ol' Girls, a new musical written and adapted by Paul Ferguson based on the stories of two prominent Southern authors, Lee Smith (The Last Girls) and Jill McCorkle (Going Away Shoes), with songs by Nashville hit-makers Matraca Berg (Reba McEntire, Dixie Chicks, Faith Hill) and Marshall Chapman (Jimmy Buffett, Wynonna, Olivia Newton-John), turns New York City into a Honky Tonk. Through the language of five unique southerners, GOOD OL' GIRLS celebrates childhood through old age with big hair and bigger hearts. Come for the music. Stay for the stories. There's a Good Ol' Girl in all of us. Let yours out.
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
111 W 46th St
New York, NY 10036
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
What are other members saying?
A Must See!
This show is great! Very funny with some heartbreaking moments as well! The cast is OUTSTANDING! They take the audience through a wonderful journey. The music is great and left me humming all the way home, particularly "Alice Through The Looking Glass", sung by Teri Ralston!
Reviewed by OV14835405
on Wednesday, Feb 24th, 2010
A Must See!
This show is great! Very funny with some heartbreaking moments as well! The cast is OUTSTANDING! They take the audience through a wonderful journey. The music is great and left me humming all the way home particularly "Alice Through The Looking Glass", sung by Teri Ralston!
Reviewed by OV14835405
on Wednesday, Feb 24th, 2010
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Good Ol' Girls, the new revue at the Black Box Theatre at Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center, feels like what might have happened if several people got together to turn Steel Magnolias into a musical. The result is a fair to middlin' tuner that is engaging enough, but vanishes -- to quote from the show -- like fog on the mountain the second you leave the theater.
The 90-minute show is comprised of monologues and vignettes that Paul Ferguson has mined from stories by reputable authors Lee Smith and Jill McCorkle, which are interspersed with country ditties by Matraca Berg and Marshall Chapman. To get across this somewhat melancholy tribute to women doing the best they can with what they'[...]