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A Multimedia portrait of Isabella Stewart Gardner, one of America's most original women.
"Besides being a capable and regal actress on stage, Robin Lane is an articulate and imaginative
writer, creating her own scripts,blocking and format for each show. Queen of Back Bay really lets Lane soar to performing heights. She is graceful as Mrs. Gardner and a passionate storyteller whose liquid delivery is intact and at times almost haunting."
The Providence Journal-Bulletin
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Robin Lane takes us into the world of
Isabella Stewart Gardner, the eccentric grande dame of Boston, and her talented circle, which included John Singer Sargent, James A. McNeil Whistler, Bernard Berenson, Julia Ward Howe, Henry James, and many others. A cultural leader at a time when women were submissive followers, Isabella Stewart Gardner shocked the polite society of her day, and broke all the rules of nineteenth-century social etiquette.
Ladies First is a one woman production.
The presentation spans the years from Abigail Adams to Jacqueline Kennedy in a kaleidoscope of history revealing the woman behind the image of First Lady.
Robin Lane studied voice at New England
Conservatory of Music and theater at Boston University. She has starred in such musical productios as COMPANY; CABARET; FOLLIES; and MAN OF LA MANCH. Her non-musical credits include leading roles in THE LITTLE FOXES; THE AUTUMN GARDEN; MEDEA; and THE WINTER'S TALE. |
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Queen of Back Bay
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Ladies First: A Story of First Ladies
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One reviewer wrote of Robin Lane's one-
person shows: "Robin Lane brings her characters to startling life with the use of props, costumes, a poetically-written script, and creative performing artistry." |
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