tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23707908808751731352024-03-19T04:43:07.024-07:00Marie Wise-HawkinsMariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06607708905082529009noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370790880875173135.post-43348975504363249952013-03-15T23:36:00.003-07:002013-03-15T23:36:15.041-07:00Opera Sing Off!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="userContent">I won The Romano's Macaroni Grill Opera Sing Off!!! I feel so incredibly Blessed! All the power and glory to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!!! Wow! Happiest day of my life!!!!!!! :-) I love you all!</span> Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06607708905082529009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370790880875173135.post-91587229067599746022013-03-13T21:33:00.003-07:002013-03-13T21:33:32.577-07:00<span class="userContent">Heading to Dallas, Texas as one of the six Finalists in The Opera Sing Off Finals!!!! :-) Really excited and feeling so incredibly Blessed! Thank you to my wonderful family and friends for all your love and support! I love you all! Toi! Toi! :-)</span><br />
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<span class="userContent"></span>Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06607708905082529009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370790880875173135.post-10442442356528598612012-11-17T16:40:00.002-08:002012-11-17T16:40:43.341-08:00Rescues On The Runway!<span class="userContent">Excited to perform for this AMAZING Benefit to help save animals from kill shelters at the Hyatt Valencia Hotel tonight!!!! :) </span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><br /></span>Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06607708905082529009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370790880875173135.post-38209821095074119182012-08-04T15:13:00.004-07:002012-08-04T15:13:35.519-07:00<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="widget_edge" style="height: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody>
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<span selector="div#widgetid_4053 span#widgetid_4053_credit" style="zoom: 1;" verbose_name="Credit"><span id="widgetid_1124_articlebody">Four talented actress/singers, one costume change, one slight set change and a whole lot of great music and lighthearted fun — that’s the short story for “The Marvelous Wonderettes.” The long story is … well, there isn’t one.<br /><br />And who needs one, really?<br /><br />Charming, nostalgic, cute and cheery, with the occasional “drama” falling with the softness of a cotton ball, “Wonderettes” wraps around you like a hug.<br /><br />Act one takes place in 1958 in the Springfield High School Gymnasium, as The Marvelous Wonderettes, a four-girl singing group, perform at their own senior prom. Act two finds the same ladies performing on the same stage, at their 10-year class reunion, in 1968. There are no other official actors, although “Richie” and “Johnny” are alluded to, but never seen, and Johnny charmingly offers his “comments” by winking the house lights. And, on opening night last Saturday, the SCV’s own Duane Harte was drafted into the show more than once as Mr. Lee — which added some down-home humor. (Good job Duane.)<br /><br />Classic songs from both decades set the mood and make the show. And the personal interactions among the girls offer up the humor and what minimal dramatic tension there is.<br /><br />“It feels good to take a visit back to a time when you could leave your doors unlocked. It was a kinder, gentler time in life,” Director Greg Finley said. “And it’s the music of my youth,” he added.<br /><br />That music includes, among others, such classics of harmony as “Mr. Sandman,” “Lollipop,” “All I Have to Do Is Dream,” “Born Too Late,” “It’s In His Kiss,” “It’s My Party,” “Sincerely,” “Son of A Preacher Man” and “Wedding Bell Blues.” And you’ll probably find audience members around you tapping their toes and even singing softly along with the girls. It’s almost impossible not to get swept up in all that “feel good” Finley was talking about.<br /><br />While the songs automatically carry the attraction of nostalgia, their presentation is key, and the music in this production is spot-on. So is the choreography, well-timed and cute, and Finley couldn’t say enough good things about the work of his assistant director and choreographer, Musette Caing. “She is emblazoned on every number,” he noted.<br /><br />“It’s been such a great experience,” Finley said of directing the show, “the casting, the stage … I just was so lucky.” He said he was especially fortunate to be able to assemble the talented group of women to play the Wonderettes, and, indeed, it would seem so. All four women had good singing voices, and their harmonies were fantastic. Additionally, each actress brought her character humorously alive.<br /><br />Courtney Potter played Missy Miller, the “leader” of the Wonderettes, who made the most of every opportunity to point out her accomplishments, prom-committee-wise, and who constantly teetered on the edge of fluster, owing to the conflicting egos of her fellow singers. Blinking behind cat-eye glasses, Potter is an endearing ball of energy.<br /><br />Catherine Birdsong played Cindy Lou Huffington, whose prom bio notes that she is “proud to be the prettiest girl at Springfield High School.” Birdsong brings Cindy Lou an air of stuck-up entitlement, but with enough vulnerability to remain likeable, even when her romances “overlap” with those of her song-mates.<br /><br />Marie Wise-Hawkins played Betty Jean Reynolds, the girl with the rough edges, like she was born to it. And her powerful voice still had the note of twang that those who saw her in “Always … Patsy Cline” will remember.<br /><br />Sarah Lang played Suzy Simpson, whose prom bio notes that she was “grand champion bubble-blower at last year’s state fair.” Lang brings this “bubble-head” a vulnerable and charming sweetness that plays well in many humorous moments.<br /><br />“The Marvelous Wonderettes” is beautiful, wistful harmony frosted with sweet innocence. As such, it provides an easy evening of frivolous fun — just the kind of thing one might need at the end of a long work week. And if you like the classics from the ’50s and ’60s, this is a must-see musical.<br /><br />“The Marvelous Wonderettes” continues at the Canyon Theatre Guild through Sept. 1, with performances on Fridays, Aug. 24 and 31 at 8 p.m., Saturdays, Aug. 4, 11, 18 and 25, and Sept. 1, at 8 p.m., and Sundays, Aug. 5, 12, 19 and 26, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15 and $17. The CTG is located at 24242 Main St., Newhall, CA 91321. The box office phone is 661-799-2702. Visit <a href="http://www.canyontheatre.org/" target="_blank">www.canyontheatre.org</a>.</span></span><br />
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<br />Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06607708905082529009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370790880875173135.post-69888502686837812882012-05-17T14:11:00.002-07:002012-05-17T14:11:58.361-07:00Mother's Day at The Church On The Way Santa ClaritaI had such a wonderful time performing ''Your Great Name'' with such an amazing group of singers and musicians on Mother's Day at The Church On The Way Santa Clarita:) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06607708905082529009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370790880875173135.post-85827351305880944542012-04-27T21:59:00.001-07:002012-05-15T13:55:48.079-07:00Alabama China Partnership Symposium<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">I am so honored to have been a part of such a ground breaking project to revitalize Alabama! Here are some photos and fun clips from my recent trip! Ni Hao, y'all :) </span><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Starring CalArts grad Marie Wise-Hawkins in the title role and actress-singer Dawn Shelden as Patsy’s biggest fan, Louise Seger, and featuring the aptly named five-piece Bodacious Bobcats band, “Always…Patsy Cline” traces the legendary Virginia-born country-pop singer’s meteoric career from her first hit single in 1957 to her death in a plane crash in Tennessee on March 5, 1963. She was only 30 years old, and on the verge of superstardom.<br />
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The play was written and originally directed for the stage by Ted Swindley, based on a true story. The CTG’s production, directed by Michael Davies and produced by Frank Rock, premiered for weekend performances July 30 and was originally set to close Aug. 28, but popular demand and favorable reviews prompted an extension through Sunday.<br />
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Titled after Cline’s closing words in the many letters she exchanged with Seger, “Always…Patsy Cline” was driven with great gusto by Shelden’s hyper-animated narration as Seger, a Houston housewife then divorcee.<br />
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Along the way, and changing costume maybe a dozen times (sorry, I lost count), Wise-Hawkins crooned and belted Cline classics like her 1957 breakthrough “Walkin’ After Midnight” plus later hits like “I Fall to Pieces,” “Sweet Dreams” and “Crazy.”<br />
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Representing a fairly typical Cline performance, Wise-Hawkins also sang other hits of the era, among them “It Wasn’t God Who Make Honky Tonk Angeles” (Kitty Wells’ signature tune), Bob Wills’ “San Antonio Rose” and “Faded Love,” a couple of Hank Williams chestnuts and even Neil Sedaka’s loopy “Stupid Cupid.”<br />
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The Bodacious Bobcats, stacked almost on top of each other at stage left (facing the audience), did justice to each tune, and without competing with the star for the spotlight except in a few designated solo spots. The quintet combines seasoned musicians who lived through the period (guitarist Carmine Sardo, drummer Jeff Winter) and younger talents not yet born when Cline died. Keyboardist Kurt Fries, bassist Houston Davis Jones and fiddle player Jesse Olema are skilled instrumentalists with an obvious empathy for Cline and a musical repertoire that’s half a century old, yet timeless.<br />
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</strong>A couple days after the final curtain call, Wise-Hawkins and I had a chance to talk about her experience channeling Patsy Cline in the play, and what’s next for the talented young singer who can handle just about anything from opera to country to gospel to pop.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em><strong>Stephen K. Peeples:</strong> You and the cast performed “Always…Patsy Cline” 13 times since it opened in late July. How much preparation was there?</em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Marie Wise-Hawkins:</strong> We started rehearsing June 1, working two or three times a week, just Dawn and me. I was using karaoke tracks and Dawn was working on the lines. It was the two of us until the 10<sup>th</sup> week; that's when we finally got the band going. So, it was actually a long rehearsal process. We started in the beginning of June and the premiere date, I think it was July 30. It was supposed to end Aug. 28, but (everyone) was still demanding tickets so we got held over for an extra week, and that's just awesome.<br />
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<strong>Peeples: </strong>How familiar were you with Patsy’s material before this?</em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Wise-Hawkins:</strong> I actually grew up listening to Patsy Cline. I grew up on old Western music, and pretty much knew about half the songs (in the play). I used to have a country band when I was 12 years old and we did a lot of those songs. So I was quite familiar with some, I was used to performing them, and it wasn't too hard to learn the rest of them.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em><strong>Peeples:</strong> Now that you're a big kid, an adult, maybe you feel the songs a little bit differently now?</em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Wise-Hawkins:</strong> I definitely do, yeah. A lot of the songs are about heartbreak and what you go through in life. They’re a lot more relatable.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em><strong>Peeples:</strong> The reviews were really good right out of the box. Did that surprise you, or did you think you had something really good going?</em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Wise-Hawkins:</strong> I thought we had something really great going. The band was really tight, we all just really grew as a family and we played off of each other. Once we had the audience there, we could play off of them, too, and it was just so much more fun and so entertaining. I think everyone enjoyed themselves – even if people came to the show and didn't like country music, I think they were still entertained, because Dawn had everyone laughing.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em><strong>Peeples:</strong> Yeah, she's quite a character. </em><br />
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<strong>Wise-Hawkins:</strong> We really, really want to take this show on the road. Maybe even do a “Legends”-type concert or something. We'll see what happens with it.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em><strong>Peeples:</strong> For right now, though, is closing at the CTG is kind of a bittersweet thing?</em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Wise-Hawkins:</strong> Yeah, it's kind of hard.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em><strong>Peeples:</strong> What do you think about the whole experience, looking back on it?</em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Wise-Hawkins:</strong> It was definitely one of the best experiences of my life. It was great being back in the theater and doing the music I love to perform. And it was amazing being able to perform the Patsy Cline character, 'cause she was an amazing country star and a true inspiration for me, and an honor. I'm really going to miss it, though. Well, I'll see what opportunities I have available coming up, we'll keep pushing it, we'll keep performing.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em><strong>Peeples:</strong> And if it goes on the road, you'll have a chance to do it again.</em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Wise-Hawkins:</strong> Absolutely! I definitely want to work with Dawn and this band again.<br />
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<em><strong>Peeples:</strong> Now, country is just one of many genres you have a mastery of. You’ve studied classical voice, sung opera, all kinds of non-country stuff.</em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Wise-Hawkins:</strong> Yes, but country is my main thing. I really want to [pursue] a career in country music. But I love doing musical theatre, Broadway stuff, classical music...just any opportunity there is in any genre of music.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em><strong>Peeples:</strong> What's next on your schedule?</em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Wise-Hawkins:</strong> On Sunday, I’m performing in the 9/11 tribute show at the Performing Arts Center for the Canyon Theatre Guild. I'm going to sing “Memory” from “Cats,” a Broadway song. It's totally different. It’s solo. We picked out 11 performers from the Canyon Theatre Guild to perform, and we each have a minute or two-minute slot. It'll be really cool. And on Oct. 29, I'm performing at Butler's Coffee House in Palmdale with Larry Schallert. He’s a great musician, and we're going to do a 45-minute set of his original music.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em><strong>Peeples:</strong> Do you have any recordings out, or are you working on anything new? </em><br />
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<strong>Wise-Hawkins:</strong> Oh, man (laughs)! I need to get into the studio, really. I don't have an album yet. I need to record one.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em><strong>Peeples:</strong> So where can people find out more about you?</em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Wise-Hawkins:</strong> I have a website, <a href="http://www.mariewisehawkins.com/" style="color: #2d5696; text-decoration: none;">www.mariewisehawkins.com</a>, and that'll lead you to my blog or my Facebook.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em><strong>Peeples:</strong> Well, thanks again for your time, Marie. We really enjoyed the show.</em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Wise-Hawkins:</strong> OK, thank you so much.</div>Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06607708905082529009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370790880875173135.post-57075117237535217322011-09-07T22:47:00.000-07:002011-09-07T22:50:00.397-07:009/11 Tribute Concert<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"></span><br />
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Marie Wise-Hawkins sings as Patsy Cline, left, while Dawnita Kay Shelden, as Louise Seger, “performs” along with her in “Always ... Patsy Cline,” which continues at the Canyon Theatre Guild through Aug. 28.</h3>
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I liked this play.<br />
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But I will frame that with this: I love <span id="apture_prvw1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: none; cursor: url(http://cdn.apture.com/media/imgs/crsr/socialLink.png), default; display: inline; float: none; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; width: auto;"><a class=" snap_noshots" href="http://www.the-signal.com/section/70/article/49021/#" style="-webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 2px 2px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 2px 2px; -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 2px 2px; -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 2px 2px; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 102, 204); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: none; color: inherit; cursor: url(http://cdn.apture.com/media/imgs/crsr/socialLink.png), default; display: inline; float: none; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; top: -1px; width: auto;"><span style="-webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 2px 2px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 2px 2px; -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 2px 2px; -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 2px 2px; background-color: #e0e6ec; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: none; cursor: url(http://cdn.apture.com/media/imgs/crsr/socialLink.png), default; display: inline-block; float: none; height: 17px; left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: absolute; text-decoration: none; top: 0px; width: 0px;"></span><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: none; cursor: url(http://cdn.apture.com/media/imgs/crsr/socialLink.png), default; display: inline; float: none; height: auto; left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; top: 1px; width: auto;">Patsy Cline</span></a><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: none; display: inline; float: none; height: auto; line-height: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static; text-decoration: none; width: auto;"></span></span>'s music and I really like a great country-style band - both of which feature prominently in the presentation of "Always ... Patsy Cline," which opened at the Canyon Theatre Guild in Newhall last Saturday night.<br />
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If you like either of those things yourself, you will most likely enjoy the play.<br />
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However, be advised, this is a very simple story, a tribute to singer Patsy Cline, offered up through a look back at a few of her performances and other events, and narrated by her longtime friend, Louise Seger.<br />
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The story goes like this:<br />
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"The musical is based on the true story of Patsy Cline's friendship with a fan - Houston housewife Louise Seger. Louise first heard Patsy Cline on the "Arthur Godfrey Show" in 1957. She became an immediate and avid fan of Patsy's and constantly hounded her local disc jockey to play Patsy Cline's records on the radio. When Patsy traveled to Houston for a show in 1961, Louise and her buddies arrived about an hour-and-a-half early and, by coincidence, the two women met and struck up a friendship that was to culminate in Cline spending the night at Louise's house. The friendship lasted until Patsy's untimely death in a plane crash in 1963."<br />
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As you can see, there is no real roller coaster of emotions here, no plot and, certainly, no uplifting conclusion. There is just "Here's how I met Patsy, here's what we did and here's what I thought about it," from Louise.<br />
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The set doesn't really change in the different scenes, and there are only the two characters, Patsy and Louise. Everything must be carried by Louise's country-girl sass and Patsy's singing. And, in those, it is carried well - which is, of course, a tribute to the women who played the respective parts: Marie Wise-Hawkins as Patsy and Dawnita Kay Shelden as Louise.<br />
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The heart of the production and, indeed, the point of it, is the music. Pretty much, the story is an excuse for someone very talented to perform Patsy Cline's songs live.<br />
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And I have no problem with that.<br />
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Director Michael Davies noted that he appreciates older country music (such as Cline's). "It's from the roots, from the heart," he said. "I listened to all those songs when I was younger. They tell stories, and pull you up when you are down." But he added that he had to get the right people to play the leads - and for the band, which, incidentally, Wise-Hawkins helped him put together.<br />
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And, oh my, that band ... everyone I spoke to on opening night was absolutely amazed by the level of their talent and, even more, by learning that all five members have never performed together before. For this performance The Bodacious Bobcats included Houston Davis Jones on bass, Kurt Fries on keyboard, Jesse Olema on fiddle (man I loved that fiddle), Carmine Sardo on guitar and Jeff Winter on drums. Boys, wherever you are right now, stand up and take another bow. You were absolutely magnificent.<br />
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Now, Patsy Cline's music would stand up under almost any voice. But when you come to a performance where someone will "be" Patsy Cline, you want that actress to channel Patsy's voice. Congratulations, Marie Wise-Hawkins, you did just that. You have a great singing voice in general and, as Patsy, you were terrific. We hung on every line. (Well, once they got the microphone situation worked out so the band didn't drown you out.) In particular, I was carried away by "Crazy" and "Faded Love."<br />
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Now "Patsy" was pretty much on stage to sing, so there wasn't much room for acting. That was brought courtesy of Dawnita Key Shelden as Louise, with a twangy, high-stepping, slap-your-bottom country sassiness that won the audience over. I will admit that her energy seemed almost over the top at first - but, as the Louise character grew on me, it all became "down-home." And though the narrative form didn't leave too much range for emotion to be expressed, you felt an ocean of it behind Louise's understated summations, especially after Patsy's death.<br />
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Additionally, Shelden has a pretty good singing voice, and her duet with Wise-Hawkins on "True Love" was very nice.<br />
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The mention of Patsy's death, and the subsequent end of the play, seem to come quite suddenly, and left me, anyway, wanting more. But we got one more song after the ending applause, which, well, brought more applause.<br />
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So, go see "Always ... Patsy Cline" for the music. The play will bring it to you in a touching fashion, which is really all the writer intended, I think.<br />
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"Always ... Patsy Cline" plays at the Canyon Theatre Guild on Saturday evenings at 8 p.m. and Sunday afternoons at 2 p.m. through Aug. 28. Ticket prices are $12 to $15 for seniors and juniors and $15 to $17 for adults. Call the box office for reservations at (661) 799-2702. The CTG is located at 24242 Main Street, Newhall, CA 91321.</div>
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</div>Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06607708905082529009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370790880875173135.post-71720015983117343762011-07-03T15:09:00.000-07:002013-03-21T20:40:19.360-07:00I landed the role of Patsy Cline!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Always…Patsy Cline is the internationally acclaimed hit musical based on the true story of Patsy Cline’s (Marie Wise-Hawkins) friendship with a fan – a Houston housewife named Louise Seger (Dawnita Kay Shelden). The two women met and struck up a friendship that was to culminate in Cline spending the night at Louise’s house. The friendship lasted until Patsy’s untimely death in a plane crash in 1963.<br />
The play focuses on the fatefu</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">l evening at Houston’s Esquire Ballroom when Louise hears of Patsy Cline’s death in a plane crash. Louise Seger provides the narrative while Cline floats in and out of the set singing tunes that made her famous – Anytime, I Fall To Pieces, She’s Got You, Sweet Dreams, and Crazy – to name a few. Directed by Mike Davies and featuring a live band, the show has a sensitive and tasteful combination of humor, sadness and reality.<br />
Always…Patsy Cline is a hit wherever it is performed and it’s coming here, to Santa Clarita, on the stage of the Canyon Theatre Guild in Old Town Newhall! Local performances are on Saturday evenings at 8:00 PM and Sunday afternoons at 2:00 PM, July 30 through August 28, 2011. Ticket prices are $15 for Seniors and Juniors and $17 for Adults. Call the box office for reservations: 661-799-2702. The CTG is at 24242 Main Street, Newhall. </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: x-small; line-height: 15px;"><a href="http://www.canyontheatre.org/shows/35/">http://www.canyontheatre.org/shows/35/</a></span></span></span>Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06607708905082529009noreply@blogger.com0