#stage-production

#stage-production

Thanks to Ava Byrd's fabulous costumes and Jeremy Letheule's hair designs and wigs, I found myself transported to 1940s New York where snappy dialog, moral ambiguity and unchecked ambition drive the action. Written by Mary Orr in 1946, The Wisdom of Eve became a successful Hollywood film starring Bette Davis in 1950 and went on to become the musical Applause! Applause!

On Sept. 23, the singer brought her international festival show, Visions of Damsels & Other Dangerous Things, to New York's Forest Hills Stadium as part of a limited series of U.S. pop-up concerts, which show just how far she's come since skyrocketing to pop stardom in 2024. Visions of Damsels & Other Dangerous Things transforms Roan's debut album, The Rise & Fall of a Midwest Princess (plus her chart-topping follow-up singles), into a whimsical fairytale.

The Eighties provided an exciting backdrop for youth music culture, where forming a band required more attitude and style than musical proficiency, creating a sense of freedom for young musicians.