Girls Night the Musical to Play Philadelphia

Direct from Off-Broadway in New York City, the smash hit stage musical, Girls Night: The Musical, written by Louise Roche and directed by Jack Randle, will make its Philadelphia premiere at the Kimmel Center's Innovation Studio beginning April 20 through May 23, 2010.

Tickets for Girls Night: The Musical are $49 and are available at the Kimmel Center box office, Broad & Spruce Sts. (open daily 10am to 6pm), by calling 215-731-3333, or online at www.kimmelcenter.org. Groups discounts of 15 or more are available by calling 215-790-5883.

Performances include: Tuesday & Saturday evenings at 7pm; Wednesday – Friday evenings at 8pm; matinees Sundays at 3pm.

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A touching and hilarious 'tell-it-like-it-is' look at the lives of a group of female friends, Girls Night: The Musical is the story of five friends in their 30's and 40's who re-live their past, celebrate their present and look to the future when they meet during a wild and outrageous 'girl's night out' at a karaoke bar. Among the characters are 'Carol' the party girl, blunt 'Anita,' who tells it like it is, 'Liza' with her marital and eating issues, boring 'Kate' the designated driver, and Sharon, the not-so-angelic angel who just couldn't resist tagging along. Girls Night features a list of classic female hit anthems including "It's Raining Men," 'I Will Survive," "Lady Marmalade," "Man I Feel Like A Woman," "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and many more.

Girls Night is currently playing Off-Broadway to sold-out houses at New York's Downstairs Cabaret Theatre. The original production earned rave reviews throughout its tour of the United Kingdom. Presented by Entertainment Events, Inc.—the original tour presenters of Menopause: The Musical – Girls Night has garnered rave reviews from both the American and British press.

A Backstage critics pick! "It involves the audience deeply and sincerely in a way that the current Broadway production of "Hair," in its earnestness, can only envy." (Backstage); "The cast is super and everyone I talked to, including two or three men who ventured in, had the time of their lives." (David Richardson, WOR Radio).

"The women in the audience go wild, jumping to their feet and dancing to tunes like "I Will Survive" and "It's Raining Men" (Theatermania); "Ladies, get on a train, bus and if you drive, make sure you have a designated driver to see the hit show Girls Night" (CBS 880); "An estrogen extravaganza!" (Buffalo News); "An infectious, exhilarating sense of intoxication" (Hollywood Reporter); "Girl power at it's very best – Everyone was on their feet, the cheers demanding another encore" (Nottingham Evening Post).

A playwright, author and television producer, Louise Roche has written and produced six plays including Girls Night (UK Tours 2003, '04,'06), Bobby and Johnny (UK Tour 2005), Girls Behind (UK Tour 2005), Checkout Girls (Milton Keynes 2005), Lucky Balls (Milton Keynes 2002), and Milton Keynes The Musical (2002). Her novel, Glutton for Punishment, is published in paperback, and her television writing includes "Where The Heart Is," and "Doctors."

Director Jack Randle, who is married to Louise Roche, studied Drama at Exeter University. A veteran British actor, he has starred in both theatre and televison. His stage directing credits incude Girls Night (UK Tours 2003, '04, '06), Bobby and Johnny (UK Tour 2005), Girls Behind (UK Tour 2005), Lucky Balls (2002) and Frankie's Game (1999).