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M. Spouzic: I saw it and will be happy to give you my take on it. We were sitting in spit territory (2nd row from stage). I could smell the grease paint, see the fake smoke, watch the fingers flying over the guitar strings, and could see the tiny microphone wires that went up through the hair and down the guys necks. Heaven! I love the theatre! I felt that I was sitting right there in the Sun Recording Studio listening to the "greats". In my opinion, the strength of the show is in its music, ...

I saw the preview last night and enjoyed every minute of it. The cast consists of 5 women (4 of them telling their individual stories) and all of them singing songs that vary from poignant to up-tempo country. The actors are unique and wonderful (Lauren Kennedy, Sally Mayes, Teri Ralston, Gina Stewart, and Liza Vann) every one can sell a song! There was a tiny spot in the middle of the show that I thought had too much dialogue, but just as I was beginning to think that, they switched back int...

I attended the last concert of J.B.'s Holiday Concert at Bill's Gay Nineties and Jill S. was in the audience and sitting on the opposite side of the room from me. I am so sorry that I did not have the opportunity to tell her how much I enjoyed the music from this show. I know a little bit about songwriting, and I think this score has some wonderful songs in it. I have listened to "I Can't Recall", "Reflections" and "If Dreams Came True" over and over again. Since I could not tell her in perso...

It's not and there may have been one or two other songs that were not Christmas songs, but the over-all feel of the night was Christmas.

I saw the last concert of James Barbour's Holiday Concert at Bill's Gay Nineties this Saturday. It was a perfect blend of cheerful Christmas music and the marvelous songs that soar up into the stratosphere as J.B. can do so magnificently i.e. "Oh Holy Night". Was than an Ab??? James also gave us a lovely guest, Michelle Wolf; read "The Night Before Christmas", and told some funny, funny stories. Bill's G. Nineties is an antique of a warm, intimate venue that lends itself to Christmas music. W...