THE BEEHIVE IS BACK IN FASHION AT SEVEN ANGELS THEATRE

Buy yourself a giant size can of Aqua-Net hairspray and a long teasing comb and prepare for a class in hair styling 101. It is time for teenage girls to remember and honor the past and create a masterpiece of hair fantasy known as the Beehive. The time would be the 1960’s and John F.Kennedy had just been elected President, girl groups like the Chiffons and the Shirelles would have been pining for boys and teenyboppers would have been in their glory. Now you have the unruly delightful opportunity to relive those days. Start tapping your go-go booted feet while humming sha-na-na or hay-la hay-la, and start grooving over to Waterbury’s Seven Angels Theatre by Sunday, February 6 for a restorative injection of the swinging sixties musical “Beehive” by creator Larry Gallagher. Forget that none of the six female vocalists - Amy Bentley, Brittany Mulcahy, Chelsea Dacey, Samantha Rae Bass, Erin West Reed and Morgan Griffin - were even a twinkle in their parents’ eyes six decades ago. These talented ladies have no trouble chronicling the Kennedy years, Elvis’ reign, the invasion of the Beatles and bringing back to life the music of the girl groups so popular then. With more than three dozen hits to parade, the sextet recreate Brenda Lee, Leslie Gore, Connie Francis, Aretha Franklin,Tina Turner and go across the pond to visit Petula Clark and Lulu. Favorites such as “My Boyfriend’s Back,” “Respect,” “It’s My Party,” “Where the Boys Are,” and “You Don’t Own Me “ are vocally energized as the platters spin. More than thirty great hits are revisited in royal style under the leadership of music director Sean Lewis. This is a glorious Stage 7 Community Production under the direction and choreography of Foster Reese. Just when our world needed an injection of joy, these gals delivered the goods and we thank them for their gifts.