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Regency Girls (formerly "Female Troubles")

Regency Girls (formerly "Female Troubles")

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#1Regency Girls (formerly "Female Troubles")
Posted: 2/11/25 at 5:46pm

Is there any buzz on the show Regency Girls, formerly called Female Troubles. It was initially scheduled for the Goodman Theatre in Chicago until it was bumped by Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. It is not premiering this April at the Old Globe. Would love to know who did the workshop.  I am also assuming this is probably a yet-to-be-announced co-production with another regional (Asolo Rep?). 







 

Regency Girls

An original musical comedy from the Emmy Award-winning writers of Veep and Seinfeld and the Tony and Grammy Award nominated lyricist for Mr. Saturday Night.

Elinor Benton finds herself surprisingly and undeniably knocked up—and, since she’s unmarried and this is 19th century England, she has a very big problem. Facing devastating ruin, Elinor and her girlfriends set off on a raucous carriage trip to London seeking the services of Madame Restell, an infamous midwife who advertises cures for women with “female troubles.” Through the lens of the past, this original musical comedy comments on the present, asking the trenchant question, “Can You Believe This Sh*t’s Still Happening in 1810?”


"It does what a musical is supposed to do; it takes you to another world. And it gives you a little tune to carry in your head. Something to take you away from the dreary horrors of the real world. A little something for when you're feeling blue. You know?"

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#2Regency Girls (formerly "Female Troubles")
Posted: 2/11/25 at 5:49pm

When Chris Gatelli was attached to the project, Lilli Cooper, Lillias White, Lesli Margherita did that workshop. I am assuming Gattelli dropped out once commercial producers were no longer attached to the project as the Old Globe pays directors at scale.


"It does what a musical is supposed to do; it takes you to another world. And it gives you a little tune to carry in your head. Something to take you away from the dreary horrors of the real world. A little something for when you're feeling blue. You know?"

Amy Archer
#3Regency Girls (formerly "Female Troubles")
Posted: 2/11/25 at 7:44pm

Commercial producers are 100% attached to it. It is being developed by Robyn Goodman and her producing company, Aged in Wood. I saw the partially staged workshop production in October and think the show is incredibly smart, wildly sharp and funny, and the timing, given the subject matter, could not be better. 

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#4Regency Girls (formerly "Female Troubles")
Posted: 2/12/25 at 7:04pm

Amy Archer said: "Commercial producers are 100% attached to it. It is being developed by Robyn Goodman and her producing company, Aged in Wood. I saw thepartially staged workshop production in October and think the showis incredibly smart, wildly sharp and funny, and the timing, given the subject matter, could not be better."

 

Amy, can you please reveal who did the October workshop? I hope they kept Lilias White. She can be hysterically funny, especially if the humor is R-rated. And while she is 73 years old, her voice is still glorious.

 


"It does what a musical is supposed to do; it takes you to another world. And it gives you a little tune to carry in your head. Something to take you away from the dreary horrors of the real world. A little something for when you're feeling blue. You know?"

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#5Regency Girls (formerly "Female Troubles")
Posted: 2/12/25 at 8:04pm

Josh Rhodes is now at the helm. I know Kritzer was involved for a reading recently, with Ryann Redmond, Kate Rockwell, and Isabelle McCalla. Unsure who's continuing on for the CA production


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