PATSY
CLINE REINCARNATED
My wife and I saw Lisa Layne’s show portraying Patsy Cline at
Legacy’s Live Theater on 1 July 2006. We saw four shows that day
and none of the others were of the same caliber as Lisa portraying
Patsy Cline at four different venues in her career; early radio,
first Grand Ole Opry appearance, Las Vegas, and Carnegie Hall. Lisa
has the sound, inflection, and timing perfected as well as the
narration between songs. It’s as if you were there in the audience
at each of the venues. She even mentions her mother being in the
audience, as she was for the Las Vegas show.
Lisa doesn’t look like
Patsy Cline because of her long red hair but when she puts on
the short black wig the resemblance is amazing. Her five-piece band
also plays their part in the original style. At any point in the
show, you don’t have to close your eyes to try to imagine, you can
observe closely and critically and swear you are in one of Patsy’s
live audiences. Her song selection and costume changes are
appropriate for each time period in Patsy’s career. This seasoned
performer needs a larger and better venue for her show.
We first saw her at the Jim Owen Show in June 2006. There she
dressed for the part and did two of Patsy’s songs. Two other backup
singers also performed their specialties (Loretta Lynn and Tammy
Wynette) but Lisa had her specialty perfected; every word, every
phrase, even her appearance and mannerisms. All three girls did an
outstanding job of backup singing for Jim Owen, especially on the
Eddie Arnold songs. There harmony was top notch.
We first saw Lisa’s show at Waltzing Waters and while her
performance was fantastic, the theater was far too humid for the
audience to be comfortable for the 2-hour show. The show at Legacy’s
Live was also top notch but the audience had to sit on straight-back
chairs for 1 ½ hours throughout the show. It didn’t bother me; I
would have stood through the whole show if necessary. Each time my
wife and I see the show, it just captures our whole attention and we
get caught up in the original Patsy Cline era.
We’ve seen Tony Roi’s portrayal of Elvis and Tim Hadler’s
portrayal of Hank Williams, Sr. They are both great shows and both
entertainers do a fine job in their impersonations. Lisa Layne takes
her portrayal of Patsy Cline a step further - she makes the audience
believe that she is Patsy Cline, reincarnated.
Bob c
Forsyth, MO
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