Tickets are still available for Johnny & June at Globus Theatre in Bobcaygeon, running for five performances from Thursday (October 23) to Saturday.
Created by Chris McHarge and the late Colin Stewart, the jukebox musical tells the story of iconic American country music legends Johnny “The Man in Black” Cash and June Carter Cash.
The first act covers Cash’s famous 1968 visit to Folsom State Prison in California. Although Cash wrote his song “Folsom Prison Blues” in 1955 and began performing concerts at American prisons in the late 1950s, he didn’t perform at Folsom State Prison until 1968. The subsequent live album At Folsom Prison received rave reviews and revived Cash’s flailing career after years of drug and alchohol addiction.
The set list for the first act includes “Folsom Prison Blues,” “Joe Bean,” “Flushed From The Bathroom of Your Heart,” “Jackson,” “I Got A Woman,” and “Greystone Chapel.”
The second act heads further back in time to cover Cash’s courtship of Carter, who would become his second wife, including his legendary onstage marriage proposal at a 1968 concert in London, Ontario, and features hits including “I Walk The Line,” “Ring of Fire,” and “A Boy Named Sue.”
Musician and performer Aaron Solomon, who has taken on the role of Cash since Johnny & June was first staged in 2010 at Port Dover’s Lighthouse Theatre, will be joined by Karen Coughlin as June Carter Cash.
As well as having performed with artists including Shania Twain, Big Sugar, and Jeff Healey, Solomon regularly performs in other tribute shows as Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Dean Martin, and Frank Sinatra. Globus Theatre audiences will recognize him from his performances with Leisa Way, as well as with his own band at one of Globus’s New Year’s Eve parties.
A versatile singer and actor, Coughlin recently toured her acclaimed tribute production The Linda Ronstadt Show – Her Songs, Her Story and has appeared on stage in leading roles in Beauty and the Beast, Guys and Dolls, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline.
For the Globus Theatre show, Solomon and Coughlin will be backed by a live band featuring Doug Eyre on bass, Chris Norley on guitar, and Don Reid on drums.
Evening performances at Globus Theatre at 2300 Pigeon Lake Road in Bobcaygeon take place at 8 p.m. from October 23 to 25, with 2 p.m. matinee performances on October 23 and 25.
Tickets are still available for all performances, although the optional dinners before evening performances are now sold out (you can call the Globus box office at 705-738-2037 to be placed on a dinner wait list).
Tickets are $50 for the show only ($100 for dinner and the show) plus tax and a $2 ticketing fee. For tickets, call the box office or visit www.globustheatre.com.
