Shirley Valentine (Ghost & Spice Productions, 8 p.m. Feb. 6-7 and 13-14 and 2 p.m. Feb. 8 and 15 at Wellness Partners in the Arts, 319 W. Main St., Durham, NC) is a one-woman show written by Willy Russell and directed by Rachel Klem. It stars Triangle theater veteran Lenore Lee Field. “When a mousy English housewife from dreary Liverpool vacations on the golden shores of Greece,” writes the show’s publicist, “she finds the first true love of her life — herself. This perfect Valentine’s entertainment is a touching and hilarious one-woman show.” For more information about the show, visit http://www.ghostandspice.com/season/shirley_valentine.html [inactive 9/04]. For tickets, telephone 919/680-2562. For more information about Wellness Partners in the Arts, visit http://www.wpadurham.com/.
About The Author
Robert McDowell
Robert W. McDowell is a Raleigh, NC, freelance writer, editor, and theater critic who served as CVNC's theatre editor from September 2002 to May 2010. Since 1973, the Columbia, SC, native and 1970 graduate of East Carolina University in Greenville, NC, has written theater, book, and music previews and reviews for the Raleigh News & Observer, The Raleigh Times, North Carolina Magazine of Raleigh, and Spectator Magazine of Raleigh. In April 2001, Robert McDowell established Robert's Reviews, an e-mail theatrical newsletter, to help fill a growing void in Triangle theater coverage. Triangle Theater Review is an expanded version of the original newsletter, circulated by e-mail. He also co-edited and supervised the production of Jim Valvano's Guide to Great Eating (JTV Enterprises, 1984), a 224-page celebrity cookbook; and he served as a fact checker for Valvano: They Gave Me a Lifetime Contract, and Then They Declared Me Dead (Pocket Books, 1991).