‘Always . . .Patsy Cline’ at The Onstage Playhouse in Monroe

2012 April 26

tags: Always . . .Patsy Cline, Caroline Monroe Boyd, Charles Sewell, Chuck Lambert, Deb Clark, Dylan Wheeler, Harriet Kilpatrick, John Garner, On Stage Walton, Patscy Cline, Steven Johnson, Ted Swindley, The Onstage Playhouse

by Susan Asher

Deb Clark and Caroline Boyd Monroe; Photo: MagicStar Photography

Only a six-year career, yet she’s still a star. Although Patsy Cline died in 1963 in a plane crash, you can hear country singer-songwriter Caroline Monroe Boyd cover more than 20 of her songs in “Always . . . Patsy Cline” at The Onstage Playhouse in Monroe, Ga.

Boyd headlines as Patsy Cline with Deb Clark, who plays her friend and manager, Louise Seger. Based on the true story of these two friends, Louise recants the tale of how they met and the two relive their times together.

Boyd rings out some killer sounds on “Love Sick Blues” and on “Shake, Rattle and Roll.” And Clark shines in a few comedic scenes, especially when she’s emulating a tobacco-chewing gruff club manager and a woman bawling over dog-men.

The backup band features Harriet Kilpatrick, piano; Dylan Wheeler, guitar; Charles Sewell, bass guitar; John Garner, fiddle; and Chuck Lambert, drums.

Written by Ted Swindley and directed by Steven Johnson, “Always . . . Patsy Cline” runs Fridays and Saturdays through May 5 at The Onstage Playhouse.

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A former dance student and actor who trained in New York with Maggie Flanigan, Susan is a PR professional who writes about the arts. She has studied jazz with pianist Connie Crothers, and guitar and natural-foods cooking with Berklee graduate and James Beard award-winning chef Peter Berley.

Susan reviews the performing and culinary arts as a hobby and often receives free tickets to shows or free food from the venues she writes about. She reviews everything on merit alone and receives no money for any of her reviews. While she loves to attend theater and eat out, freebies will not sway her from stating her honest opinion.

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‘Always . . .Patsy Cline’ at The Onstage Playhouse in Monroe

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