Girls Night: The Musical takes a hilarious and touching “tell-it-like-it-is” look at five long-time friends who revisit their past while out on the town for a wild night of karaoke.
Bursting with energy and packed with memorable anthems such as Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Man I Feel Like a Woman, and I Will Survive, Girls Night: The Musical promises to have audiences laughing, crying, and dancing in the aisles.
CAPA is proud to present the Columbus debut of Girls Night: The Musical at the Southern Theatre, 21 E. Main St., from May 27 through June 1. Show times are Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Thursday at 7:30 p.m.; Friday at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.; and Sunday at 2 p.m.
Tickets are $47.50 and are available at the Ohio Theatre Ticket Office, 39 E. State St., all Ticketmaster outlets, and www.ticketmaster.com. To purchase tickets by phone, call (614) 431-3600 or (614) 469-0939.
Girls Night: The Musical portrays a night out for five 30-somethings who have been friends since their teens and have all been through their fair share of heartache, joy, tragedy and success. Together, they remember their earlier years, celebrate their current lives, and look into the future, all while belting out their favorite karaoke girl anthems such as I’m Every Woman, Say a Little Prayer, and Dancing Queen.
Some Girls Night characters may ring familiar to theatre-goers. There’s party animal Carol and her boring younger sister Kate. Carol likes a drink or 22, has been married twice, and is looking again. Kate is a teacher who married Mr. Perfect at 22. She’s a bore to be around but a fantastic designated driver.
Then there’s Liza who has a rich husband she says is a pig but isn’t, three kids, a big house and lunches on fast food pizza every other day, and Anita who is happily married, as long as the Prozac doesn’t run out, and loves “saying it like it is.”
Last but not least is Sharon, the omniscient guardian angel of the group, who is the spirit of a friend who died at age 17 from falling off the back of a moped after refusing to wear a helmet because of a new perm.
About the writer
In 2003, Louise Roche took a night off from raising three children under five and went out with friends to see a musical. Upon noticing that most of the theatre patrons were women, Roche realized she could write a show that would entertain and speak to a female audience and Girls Night: The Musical was born.
The first production of Girls Night was staged at Roche’s local community theatre with five school friends performing the characters dressed in costumes designed and sewn by her mother. A friend from her daughter’s playgroup designed the posters and the set, and Roche decorated the auditorium like a nightclub herself. The entire run sold out.
Bolstered by this success, Roche hired the Milton Keynes Theatre to mount a one-off production of Girls Night, investing her entire life savings in the performance. The production again sold out, and the 1,400-seat performance made back just over what she had spent.
Since the 2003 premiere, Girls Night has completed three successful national tours in the UK, and began touring the US in May 2007.
Roche has written and produced five additional plays – Bobby and Johnny, Girls Behind, Checkout Girls, Lucky Balls, and Milton Keynes The Musical – with three more in development.