Cultural Arts: Stages
STAY FOREVER: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF DUSTY SPRINGFIELD
Kirsten Holly Smith brilliantly portrays the late icon of British pop and blue-eyed-soul. Stay Forever explores Dusty’s rise from misfit schoolgirl to international star, her decline in the 1970s and her spectacular comeback, all set against a rich backdrop of the era’s social and racial conflicts. Complete with a live band and backup vocalists performing 13 Dusty Springfield classics.
Written by Kirsten Holly Smith
Directed by Derick LaSalla
Produced by Los Angeles LGBT Center/Jon Imparato and Jorja Fox and Leslie Brockett/Bunnyhop Productions
Presented at the Center’s Renberg Theatre on February 7, 2008
THE CAST
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD……….Kristin Holly Smith
THE BAND
Karmit Bar-Lev……….Additional Vocals
Willis Clow ……….Guitar
Daren Hahn……….Drums
Eric Holden……….Bass
Annette Moore……….Backup Vocals
Zachary Provost ……….Piano
Directed by Derick LaSalla; music direction by Zachary Provost; music consultant Larry White; original musical arrangements by Gil Leib; setting by Evan Bartoletti and Lisa Lechuga; costumes by Norman Cox; lighting by Tim Guion; co-lighting designer Derek LaSalla; production stage manager Crystal M. Munson; production manager Patricia Sutherland; wigs by Tony Cuspid, wig master Jasen Joseph Sica; and crew David Carlton, Ffaelan Condragh, Jessica Lester, Daniel Reichert, Alma Reyes, Robert Selander, and Pete Stauber.