'Summer: The Donna Summer Musical' has come to the famed Hollywood Pantages theater with a strong cast and, most importantly, a powerful celebration of Donna Summer
Michael Putland/Getty Imageswhich had its official L.A. opening last night at the Hollywood Pantages, where Donna Summer, born LaDonna Adrian Gaines, is talking about her frustrations at being pigeonholed as the “Queen of Disco.” Then another member replies, “To be the queen of anything is good.”
However, as the one hour, 45-minute play reminds us, by telling her turbulent life story though her incredible resume of hits—“Last Dance,” “On The Radio,” “I Feel Love,” “Bad Girls,” “Hot Stuff,” “Love To Love You,” “MacArthur Park,” “She Works Hard For The Money” and more—Summer is an all-time great pop artist, a woman whose work transcends any one genre and who, with producer Giorgio Moroder, helped pave the way for countless artists from Madonna to Daft Punk.
There is a scene where Summer, who had undergone a nasty business breakup with music industry legend Neal Bogart, the head of Casablanca Records, is told of Bogart’s death from cancer, and Hairston, playing Summer at that part, breaks down. It is a powerful and moving scene.
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