EVEN COWGIRLS GET THE BLUES
This sexy, metaphorical romp by Tom Robbins was a late-'70s counterculture favorite. Spiritual, goofy, political, and poetic, Robbins' brilliant intellectual plots are a trip on a wild ride. Heroine Sissy Hankshaw's unusually large thumbs point her toward her physiological destiny: she becomes an underground hitchhiking legend. At the end of the road, FBI agents, whooping cranes, and the eponymous cowgirls collide in our story's climax at the Rubber Rose Ranch. Adapted by Jennifer Sue Johnson | Directed by Russ Banham
NOTE: Adult language and nudity. Not recommended for younger audiences.
View the COWGIRLS trailer here.
SINGLE TICKETS available online starting Tuesday, August 26. Thanks again for your patience!
Also this season: MY ÁNTONIA by Willa Cather - November 25 – December 23 MOBY-DICK, OR THE WHALE by Herman Melville - February 10 – March 8 THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT HEAVEN BEARS by Dinaw Mengestu - April 14 – May 9 NIGHT FLIGHT by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - June 4 – 14
Where: Center House Theatre at Seattle Center
When: 2:00pm Sun 10.12.08 with -1 other showtimes 10.12.08
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EVEN COWGIRLS GET THE BLUES
Theater: Comedy, Drama
Comment by: Mike Showalter
Way better than expected
Given that the movie version of this play, with Uma Thurman as Sissy and Pat Morita as the Chink was a debacle (Pat Morita???), I was skeptical of this stage production. Is Cowgirls even possible to adapt? Yet Book-It rarely fails to entertain, even with difficult material, so I took a chance. Way better than I expected, although I will also admit that if not for the exceptional supporting music by Jo MIller and Barbara Lamb, the slower, less successful moments of the play might have been a little tougher to sustain.
The production is relatively true to the book, which means it occasionally suffers from a story that now seems a little dated to me. Still, I was entertained, and even a little motivated to pick up the book again to see how it reads 25 or so years after I last read it.