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 It's 1950-something, and Kaye, Peggy, Cheryl and Donna, four singing sisters from Muncie, Indiana are making their national television singing debut. "Spotlight on Music," a fictitious weekly 1950's television show on the real-life Dumont Television Network, sets the framework for an evening of some of the greatest hits of the 1950's. A tribute to the girl groups of the 1950's, THE TAFFETAS pay tribute to the sounds of The McGuire Sisters, The Fontane Sisters and The Chordettes. Opening Off-Broadway almost two years before "Forever Plaid," THE TAFFETAS made nostalgia what it is today! Spend an hour and a half with THE TAFFETAS and their three piece band and remember what Sunday night television was like on your 12-inch black and white screen! (4f; unit set) |
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 The holiday sequel to THE TAFFETAS - set in Muncie, Indiana! This time, the Dumont Television Network is featuring Kaye, Peggy, Cheryl and Donna on its weekly television show "Hometown Hoedown." It's Christmas in Muncie (America's hometown of the 50's by the way!) - and everyone is there! It's America's first chance to meet "mother and daddy," with a few surprises for everyone! A combination of hits from THE TAFFETAS, with new songs and Christmas favorites, A TAFFETA CHRISTMAS is a classic hometown Christmas, the way it used to be! (4f; unit set) |
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 It's almost a half century later, and THE TAFFETAS are still crooning the hits of the 1950's! Kaye, Peggy, Cheryl and Donna are all grown up now and perform their hits from the Off-Broadway musical this time looking back at their great career as a mid-century girl group! It's a perfect nostalgic musical for Senior performers - the same arrangements from the original, but structured as a present-day "comeback." It's the ideal theater piece for performers who REMEMBER the fifties! (4f; unit set) |
| Here's what the Critics are saying... |
| "THEY'RE DELIGHTFUL!" ABC TV |
| "'A SMILE IS A CROOKED LINE THAT MAKES EVERYTHING STRAIGHT', THE MOTTO OF THE FICTIONAL '50's POP GROUP SUMS UP THE WHIMSICAL CHARM OF A SHOW THAT RESSURECTS VINTAGE POP WITH A DELIGHTFUL TONGUE-IN-CHEEK NOSTALGIA" NEW YORK TIMES |
| "THE TAFFETAS APPEAL TO EVERYBODY, INCLUDING THE BABY BOOMERS" VOGUE |
| "THEY'RE FABULOUS" LIZ SMITH, DAILY NEWS |
| Meet the Creator/Author Rick Lewis |
| Rick Lewis is the creator/author/musical arranger of the hit Off-Broadway musical "The Taffetas", which premiered at the Cherry Lane Theatre and subsequently moved to the Village Gate with productions currently around the world. |
| more about Rick Lewis... |
| Meet the Producer, Arthur Whitelaw |
| Arthur began his career in show business over 50 years ago working his way through the ranks from an apprentice, kid actor, press agent, writer, director and producer to televison executive. |
| more about Arthur Whitelaw... |
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| More from the Critics... |
| "THEY'RE DELIGHTFUL!" ABC TV |
| "MUSICAL HAPPY-TALK, FIFTIES STYLE, BOY DO WE NEED THAT MESSAGE NOW!" NEWSDAY |
| "AN UNDENIABLY ENTERTAINING EVENING" WASHINGTON TIMES |
| "CAPTURING THE INNOCENCE OF THE ERA, 'THE TAFFETAS' IS IDEAL - SHOULD DO HEFTY BIZ!" VARIETY |
| "CABARET IS MAKING A BIG SOUND, AND 'THE TAFFETAS' ARE IT." USA TODAY |
| "'THE TAFFETAS' IS AN IRRESISTABLE SHOW, HILLARIOUS!" JACQUES LE SOUND, GANNETT |
| "AN EVENING FOR SMILING IN THE THEATRE" ASSOCIATED PRESS |
