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.
