Back by popular demand: Seattle’s star-
studded tribute to the velvet voice and lyrical suffering of Patsy Cline, whose greatest hits are performed by an effortlessly brilliant band of old-school country-rockers and a parade of “girl singers,” including Kim Virant, Kristen Ward, Star Anna, and Rachel Flotard. Cline’s classics are elegant agility courses for singers, and the ladies of Sweet Dreams all rise mightily to the occasion. (Triple Door, 216 Union St, www
.thetripledoor.net, 7 pm [all ages] and 9:30 pm [21+],
$23 adv/$26 DOS
)

David Schmader—former weed columnist and Stranger associate editor—is the author of the solo plays Straight and Letter to Axl, which he’s performed in Seattle and across the US. His latest...

6 replies on “Sweet Dreams: The Music of Patsy Cline”

  1. @3, I second @4’s concern. Assuming you’re OK, though, your comment is perhaps my favorite of all time.

    @2, Patsy wasn’t ever really what you’d call a “pretty lady”, but especially so after she got in her car accident that tore her scalp off and left her with some truly horrific Frankenstein’s-monster scars. Many of her TV appearances afterward have her caked with so much makeup you can barely tell where her eyes are supposed to be.

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