Maureen McGovern in Boston

[tapfrog]

Posted: 3/19/09 at 3:17pm

Chanteuse Maureen McGovern is workshopping a one-woman show entitled "A Long and Winding Road" at the Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts through Saturday, March 21, under the auspices of the Huntington Theatre. She details her life journey, from growing up in Ohio in the 50's and 60's, through personal and public milestones, with warm banter and some of the most wonderful song interpretations (of "our" songs) I've heard. You haven't felt all the heart in "McArthur Park" before this, or the humor in "Rocky Raccoon;" a medley of pop songs with gibberish lyrics is a hoot; and her tributes to Martin Luther King, the AIDS pandemic, and the 9-11 tragedy are moving.
Oh, her pipes are still pretty good, too. Get there if you can!

[jennafan]

Posted: 3/19/09 at 3:58pm

Ok, this isn't the girl from the Brady Bunch, is it?

[TheCharleston]

Posted: 3/19/09 at 4:01pm

No.

[jennafan]

Posted: 3/19/09 at 4:51pm

Oh her! She's in a Christmas movie I have with Mr. T and Webster. good singer

[Cearsgk]

Posted: 3/22/09 at 5:52pm

We saw it and thought it was very good. She sounded great. The understated way it addressed the tragedies of those times was well done. I kind of wished it had an intermission.