Tag Archives: country music

‘Staying together is the happy ending’: The Ballad of Johnny and June at the Citadel, a review

Posted on November 15, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca What happens to a happy ending “when it comes in the middle”? The’s what John Carter Cash, the only son of Johnny Cash and June Carter, wonders as he speculates onstage about his lineage and his … Continue reading →

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A love story with complications, in a new musical: Des McAnuff brings The Ballad of Johnny and June to the Citadel

Posted on November 12, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Ballad of Johnny and June, the musical that opens Thursday at the Citadel is a love story, with complications. And its director and co-creator Des McAnuff, pre-rehearsal last week, is hunting for the big-impact historical … Continue reading →

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Nashville Music City: the 50th anniversary season opener at the Mayfield does its storytelling in music. A review

Posted on September 8, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Nashville: Music City, which launches the 50th anniversary season at the Mayfield, begins and ends with Will the Circle Be Unbroken. It’s a thought that counts in any half-century birthday celebration in the world of theatre. … Continue reading →

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Get rhythm at the Mayfield: Nashville Outlaws. A review

Posted on February 6, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca With Nashville Outlaws, the Mayfield returns to a hit revue it created and premiered some 15 years ago. And why not? In these isolating, leaden times, an homage to country music renegades Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson … Continue reading →

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A winning homage to one of the greats: Coat of Many Colours, a guest Fringe review by Marc Horton

Posted on August 17, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

Coat of Many Colours (Stage 41, CKUA Performance Space) By Marc Horton In country music there’s Patsy and Loretta, Emmylou and Reba, Kitty and Skeeter, Naomi and Winonna, Tammy, Shania and Trisha. Fans are on a first-name basis with them … Continue reading →

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Hello. He’s Johnny Cash. Ring of Fire at the Citadel, a review

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s one of the signature showbiz openers of the 20th century: “Hello. I’m Johnny Cash.” That greeting is the raison d’être of Ring of Fire, the musically fulsome/ dramatically skimpy jukebox musical that’s currently eliciting full-house cheers … Continue reading →

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Directing the man in black: a homecoming for Tracey Flye

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “’Til things are brighter, I’m the man in black….” There’s a story built into the Johnny Cash songs you’ll hear in the  jukebox musical that opens on the Citadel’s Maclab stage Thursday. Via a catalogue of … Continue reading →

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