MUSICALS SHE WROTE: Celebrating Women Songwriters
Cincinnati Music Theatre
June 23-July 1
Aronoff Center Fifth-Third Bank Theatre [Downtown]
Directed by Joe Stollenwerk
Music Direction by Joel Kurzynski
Choreography by JV Katz
Produced by Megan Williams and Eric Bardes
Cast: Carter Bechtol, Lisa Breithaupt, Emily Bruns, Mollie Bryson, Kennedy Florence, Peyton Hahn, Anna Snyder, Lori Valentine, Julie Wartner & Monica Weber
Musical Theatre songwriting has always been a boys’ club. But women have been writing musicals—a lot of them—since the 19th century! This revue will trace the history of women writing music or lyrics from the early days of operetta and musical comedy through the Golden Age, the Post-Golden Age, and today. From early songs you might not know were written by a woman—“Ah Sweet Mystery of Life” and “Hey Big Spender”—to the feminist anthems in A…My Name is Alice and I’m Getting My Act Together and Taking it on the Road up to the last decade’s explosion of women writing musicals from the serious to the ridiculous.
- Fri, June 23 at 7:30pm
- Sat, June 24 at 4pm & 7:30pm
- Fri, June 30 at 7:30pm
- Sat, July 1 at 4pm & 7:30pm
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