Musical based on SENSE AND SENSIBILITY playing in New York State
CITY GIRLS, a musical based on SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (set in modern America), opened last weekend at the Sand Lake Center for the Arts in Sand Lake, NY (Rensselaer County). The Troy Record has an interview with the musical’s creator, Diane Doring.
Though pleased with the general reaction to opening weekend, she is ecstatic about the positive response she is getting from people who tell her they are Jane Austen fanatics.
“I am a rabid Jane Austen fan, and I know the people who like her work really like her work. When they come up to me - seek me out, really - and tell me how much they like the work and how I’ve kept to the truth of the novel, it’s very pleasing and satisfying.”
She calls “City Girls” a romantic comedy. Essentially, the story is about two sisters who each have a relationship that ends badly.
As always, if you should see this production, send us your review!
December 10th, 2004 at 3:05 pm
Nice to know that a “rabid Jane Austen fan” did the adaptation, rather than someone hoping to simply jump on the bandwagon of popularity. If I was in the area, I’d love to see it!