Those of you in or near the San Francisco Bay Area can experience history first-hand over the next 6 weeks. Sisters of Swing: The Story of the Andrews Sisters debuts tonight at The Retro Dome in San Jose and runs on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through August 15.
What makes this show better than all the others the Bay Area has to offer? As San Jose Theater Arts Examiner David John Chavez explained in his recent preview:
The Andrews Sisters remain one of the most fascinating and recognizable groups in music history. To hear their chippy tunes and their smooth harmonies is to travel back in time to World War II. The dark light in the United States after the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941 was brightened by the lovely girls from Minnesota; Eldest sister LaVerne (the red-head), middle sister Maxene (the brunette), and youngest sister Patty (the blonde). With the United States reeling from the war, the sisters brought peace, calm and hope to a nation…
With parallels that exist between then and today, with a war making news in daily headlines in 2010, music continues to speak to our consciousness as a nation. It’s a reason why the music of the Andrews Sisters, however specific to a certain time period, remains timeless.
“We are at war again now, and music speaks to us in the same way – soldiers, patriotism, coming home, and love,” said [the show’s Director] Stephen Guggenheim. “Those same themes throughout time have been true. “
Read David’s full preview at http://bit.ly/a09wlR, and check out / buy tickets for Sisters of Swing: The Story of the Andrews Sisters at www.TheRetroDome.com.
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