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William Christopher and the cast of four women "Church Basement Ladies" delivered outstanding performances at the Southern Theatre in Columbus, Ohio. The timing of their comedic lines was superb. The audience laughed often and joined in to finish some of the lines..."This is most certainly true!"
My husband and I both thoroughly enjoyed Church Basement Ladies. All the cast did an excellent job - we especially enjoyed William Christopher in his role as the minister. The church could have been any denomination - it showed in a very funny way that all people are basically the same.
Boring! Not funny! Slow! I slept through some of it. I am an avid theatre goer. I was very disappointed and regret spending the time and money.
1964.... felt like I was in the basement of my church... Totally enjoyible!!! I loved the wonder bread boots!!!
Loved the play and seeing William Christopher in the Minister role was wonderful. The actress who played Sidney had the most beautiful voice and stage precence, The chemistry of the characters was very real. I took my Mother, sister and in law and though none of us is Lutheran, we related to each character as if we have known each of them. HIghly recommend this play, but don't sit in the second balcony... the acoustics were horrible up there.
I went to see the show with my husband, expecting a good and funny show. It was hilarious. We laughed more at this show than any show in the past few years. The physical humor was tremendous, the expressions priceless, the characters so defined and the comic lines hit home. We invited a retired minister to join us. He laughed louder and longer than we did saying, "This is so true."
We are retirees and regular church attendees who enjoyed the afternoon with the "Church Basement Ladies". In our experiences with real church basement ladies, elderly church attendees, and youth, the writers hit the nail on the head. It is a difficult juggling act for any congregation and pastor to juggle the interests of all parishoners. The writers did so with humor and compassion. The music was toe-tapping and the voices, particularly Signe, were quality. The Viking-Scandanavian aspect of the Minnesota culture was well represented by the actors in their speech and idiosynchrasies. This brought a great deal of the humor to the production. The Southern Theatre in Columbus, Ohio is an architectural gem, well restored. Cudos to all involved in making an enjoyable afternoon.
Church Basement Ladies started slow but picked up. It was good, not great, but good enough that I would recommend it to others with a caution attached.
Church Basement Ladies hit all the right notes. I laughed through it. Even though I wasn't raised Lutheran, I was raised in the north in this time period and I could easily relate with all of it. A great, fun time for all ages.
The play was hilarous. Laughed until I cried. Great characters.
The audience was laughing before a word was said, and the laughter continued throughout the play. William Christopher belies his 76 years with his absolutely captivating performance. The four church basement ladies were an over-the-top send up of many church ladies I have known. We are looking forward to "Church Basement Ladies 2."
My wife and I attended the Church Basement Ladies play last night and both of us found it to be very funny. I would definitely recommend it to my friends.
This was a well done production - all the actors performed flawlessly and it was very enjoyable to watch. The singing and dancing were great- I highly recommend.
This show is quite funny if you have ever been involved in cooking and serving a meal from a church kitchen. I enjoyed both the acting and singing and Mavis is beyond words.
I left the theater feeling thoroughly entertained. Lots of laughs. I thought the choreography was especially well done. I was a bit disappointed that I didn't catch all the lyrics because they were muffled or not enunciated strong enough.
Could put local names to all the characters. Good job!
I didn't actually see this play; I sent my parents. They enjoyed it very much and both mentioned how funny it was.
I really enjoyed the play it was so funny I would recommend anyone to see it
I loved the musical, they truly captured the culture and the times. I know, I was there in the 60's. Acting and singing, and dancing were perfect, the cast is truly phenomonal. A well written musical, loved the humor, it was very, very, funny. Quite refreshing, I love good clean fun, its the best. You betcha.
This was a cute and funny ensemble play. If you've been a "church kitchen lady" you will enjoy it. Exaggerated, but true, and the songs were clever. The actors were good together and had nice voices.
