RING OF FIRE

   MINERS ALLEY PERFORMING ARTS       CENTER: MAY 9 – JUNE 29

               NOT TO BE MISSED!

Caitlin Secrest and Cooper Kaminsky 

                           (photo credit:Sarah Roshan Photography)

Unlike most jukebox musicals, “Ring of Fire,” the Johnny Cash musical, is not full of narration regarding the life of the artist. This is a high-octane blaze of country music that gives us ‘the man in black’ almost completely through his music. True, there are momentary instances of depictions of life experiences that illuminate how he and his cohorts got into the professional music scene, but they are so incidental, you will hardly notice.

What you will notice is the incredible talent and musical virtuosity of the ensemble brought together by director Kate Gleason, and music directed by Susan Draus to create this rousing evening of ear-pleasing theatre. They are: Cooper Kaminsky, Caitlin Secrest, Clark Destin Jones, Mitch Jervis and David Otto. The excellent drumming is done by Sean Case and Keith Ewer.

Standouts in this show are Cooper Kaminsky, whose vocals and musicianship are thrilling, and Caitlin Secrest, who represents June Carter.

They are all excellent as they deliver these now classic country-western songs.

Some of the thirty songs are: “I Walk the Line,” “Daddy Sang Bass,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” “Man in Black” and of course, “Ring of Fire.”

The tech work is the outstanding stuff that is omnipresent in all of Miners Alley Performance Arts Centers’ productions.

The crisp, clean lines of Jonathan Scott-McKean’s wooden scenic design, the superb sound design by John Hauser and Vance McKenzie’s dynamic lighting design are all of the excellence one has come to expect from these technicians.

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