Girls Night is a Special Night on the Town

Critics Rating: 3 out of 5 Spotlights

The Rinker Playhouse at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts is currently presenting Girls Night, The Musical. Full of popular female-oriented music, this show allows audiences the opportunity to mix famous music from all generations with a story that brings joy and happiness to all.

The story revolves around four women who come together at a karaoke bar to celebrate the engagement of a girl that they raised together after her mother, their friend, died. The narrator, Sharon, was the mother, now an angel of the engaged daughter, who has come down to watch the celebration commence.

Featuring such classic hits as Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Lady Marmalade and others, Girls Night is full of energy and laughs. A very unique spectacle of the show is the audience participation. During I Will Survive, the cast had the audience on their feet clapping and dancing while Sharon, played by Crystal Kellogg, came into the audience and made sure that everyone was enjoying themselves.

All five cast members show extreme talent, but two stood out to me the most. The first is Denise Devlin who plays the role of Liza. Full of vocal power and talent, Liza had attention focused on her whenever she was involved in a musical number. Her main number, I Will Survive, is the perfect piece for her, as it is full of energy and meaning. The other vocal knockout comes from Justine Hall who plays the role of Anita. During her performance of I Say a Little Prayer For You, I was brought back to the original performance sung by Dionne Warwick and similar sounds that this performer brings to the stage.

The only complaint that I have with the show is the lack of sophisticated choreography. The little bit that they did have just seemed to be repetitive. Given that the show took place in a dance club/karaoke bar, I expected to see some more dancing then what was performed.

Girls Night, The Musical will be playing at the Rinker Playhouse from July 8th through July 25th. For more information please call the Kravis Center box office at 561-832-7469 or go online at www.kravis.org