{"id":2298,"date":"2016-05-20T11:15:59","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T19:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wayofstory.com\/?p=2298"},"modified":"2016-05-20T11:15:59","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T19:15:59","slug":"calamity-jane-play-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wayofstory.com\/?p=2298","title":{"rendered":"Calamity Jane the Play Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Calamity Jane the Play<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>Calamity Jane the Musical<\/em><\/strong> Calamity Jane, a musical combining the Wild West with a bittersweet mother-daughter drama\u2026this high quality show explores the myths and truths of Calamity Jane with clever lyrics and musical appeal\u2026You\u2019ll be humming its songs for days! &#8211; <em>Atlantic City Press<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Catherine Ann Jones\u2019s libretto offers a very gripping and poignant tale. She tells us that though the story takes place a century ago, it\u2019s replete with contemporary implications. The unshakable strength of Calamity Jane is that it has its heart in the right place.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <em>Newark Star Ledger<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This play relates the celebrated frontier woman\u2019s colorful life including liaisons with Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody. Great theatre!<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<em> Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Book by Catherine Ann Jones based on her play<\/p>\n<p>Music by Allan Jay Friedman &amp; Jeff Silbar\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stage: Suitable for large &amp; small<\/p>\n<p>Lyrics by Rand Bishop\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: 8 roles (4-8 actors)<\/p>\n<p>Additional Lyrics: Amanda McBroom\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musicians: 2-8<\/p>\n<p>Larry Gatlin<\/p>\n<p>Catherine Ann Jones<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Story: <strong><em>Calamity Jane<\/em><\/strong>, a legend in her own time, lived a century too early to be understood as the emancipated strong-willed woman she was. Forced to give up her daughter for adoption when Bill Hickok leaves her for another woman, the story presents the confrontation between mother and daughter as well as the myth and reality of the Old West.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u201cIf you\u2019ve ever been a parent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0If you\u2019ve ever had a parent,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If you\u2019ve ever loved and lost,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You\u2019ll love <em>Calamity Jane<\/em>!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calamity Jane the Play Calamity Jane the Musical Calamity Jane, a musical combining the Wild West with a bittersweet mother-daughter drama\u2026this high quality show explores the myths and truths of Calamity Jane with clever lyrics and musical appeal\u2026You\u2019ll be humming its songs for days! &#8211; Atlantic City Press \u00a0 Catherine Ann Jones\u2019s libretto offers a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calamity-jane-the-play-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wayofstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wayofstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wayofstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wayofstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wayofstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2298"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wayofstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2299,"href":"http:\/\/wayofstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2298\/revisions\/2299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wayofstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wayofstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wayofstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}