Katie Cheek, Kristen Clark, Danielle Crinnion, Lisa Karlin, Jackie Lamptey, Karla Shook, Kelly Shook, and Tiffany Thornton play Miss Mona’s “girls.” They also portray shockingly repressed members of Melvin P. I was very jealous of his red, white & blue cowboy boots and that glam lone star cape. Since a recent Texas governor is now in the White House, the broad cartoonish good-ole-boy character seems more out of place today than it did in 1973, but Bondrow shakes his fanny, performs a delightful softshoe, and does a nifty trick with his hat that compensate for the dated script.
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John Baker and David Bondrow handle the comic slime-ball roles of TV crusader Melvin P. Therefore the male roles in TBLWIT, with the exception of Our Hero Ed Earl, do not amount to a hill of beans. And it is the men who then get on their high horse and have the place closed down. It is the men who make the Chicken Ranch both a necessity and a viable business. The ladies of the fictional Gilbert, Texas, don’t have much use for them, nor do they make themselves very useful, or popular, during the show. But men, as Miss Mona says, are only 92% bad. But, as always, he is a handsome and stalwart leading man. Jim Kidd as sheriff Ed Earl Dodd is not quite Halenda’s match. Kunkel raises the roof with her solo “Twenty-Four Hours of Lovin’.” That gold gown she wears to welcome the Aggies to the Chicken Ranch after their big football win is to die for! Halenda is in fine voice as well, and she blends well with Mac-Haydn regular Marcia Kunkel, another full-voiced woman, as Jewel, the bordello’s housekeeper. She is old enough to be believable and young enough to look just great in Jimm Halliday’s over-the-top costumes, which were obviously made just for her. Kathy Halenda is just about perfect as the madam, Miss Mona. These questions kept nagging at me during and after the show, but they are part of what must be overlooked in order to truly enjoy the evening.Īnd there is a lot to enjoy in this Mac-Haydn production. Things are much cuter and there is more singing in the latter, but the tales are so similar that both raise fundamental questions about our perceptions of right and wrong. I have carefully omitted the names of the real-life players, so as not to confuse matters because the plot of TBLWIT follows reality closely, and this is a review of the musical comedy version. The madam had a close relationship with the county sheriff, who in the end, at the Governor’s orders, closed the Ranch down. The Chicken Ranch donated considerable sums to local causes and political campaigns. The last madam started her career at the Ranch as a “working girl” in 1952 and took over after her predecessor passed away. TBLWIT (I could refer to the show repeatedly as “Whorehouse”, but using its initials seems more genteel for a family publication) is based on a true story – in fact there is more verity in its plot than in “The Sound of Music” - only in this case the names have been changed to protect the “innocent.” A brothel called The Chicken Ranch (so named because customers paid in poultry during the Great Depression) operated in La Grange, Texas, from 1844 until 1973, when it was closed down through the efforts of zealous reporter, who can still be seen on every night on television in Houston. If you do, you will be rewarded with a highly entertaining show – filled with good music, lots of Texas two-steppin’, and plenty of earthy country-style humor.
I am not saying that you have to be pro-prostitution to enjoy it, but you do have to be ready to set aside any qualms and buy into this rather too rosy portrait of the world’s oldest profession for a few hours.
If you have overwhelming moral, legal, religious, or ethical concerns about the issue of prostitution, this is not the show for you. Let’s get this out of the way right up front. Review of "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS
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