Kirsten Holly Smith
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Kirsten Holly Smith is an American singer and actress.
She is best known for her one-woman musical, Stay Forever: The Life and Music of Dusty Springfield, which Smith also wrote. In the play, a somewhat fictionalized biography of the legendary 1960's British
lesbian
singer Dusty Springfield
, Smith performs 14 of Springfield's hit songs, which are integrated into the narrative in the style of a jukebox musical
. The play dramatizes the singer's career and the tension between Springfield's public image and private life.
Smith performed the show over the course of a month long run at the Renberg Theatre at the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center
in February, 2008. The show received positive reviews from the Los Angeles Times
, L.A. Weekly and other Los Angeles-area publications.
The Los Angeles run received financial backing and publicity support from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
star Jorja Fox
.
Smith performed the songs from Stay Forever in a cabaret show entitled Kirsten Holly Smith Sings Dusty Springfield at the Duplex Cabaret in New York's West Village, for four shows in November and December, 2008, where it was also well received, including a positive notice from Village Voice columnist Michael Musto
on his blog.
In addition to Stay Forever, Smith has appeared on stage in numerous plays including Of Mice and Men
, Three Sisters
and Twelfth Night as well as several independent films including the lead role in Isle of Lesbos.
She is best known for her one-woman musical, Stay Forever: The Life and Music of Dusty Springfield, which Smith also wrote. In the play, a somewhat fictionalized biography of the legendary 1960's British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
lesbian
Lesbian
Lesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...
singer Dusty Springfield
Dusty Springfield
Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'BrienSources use both Isabel and Isobel as the spelling of her second name. OBE , known professionally as Dusty Springfield and dubbed The White Queen of Soul, was a British pop singer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s...
, Smith performs 14 of Springfield's hit songs, which are integrated into the narrative in the style of a jukebox musical
Jukebox musical
A jukebox musical is a stage or film musical that uses previously released popular songs as its musical score. Usually the songs have in common a connection with a particular popular musician or group — either because they were written by, or for, the artists in question, or were at least...
. The play dramatizes the singer's career and the tension between Springfield's public image and private life.
Smith performed the show over the course of a month long run at the Renberg Theatre at the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center
Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center
The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center provides a broad array of services for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Its clinic and on-site pharmacy offers free and low-cost health, mental health, HIV/AIDS medical care and HIV/STD testing and prevention, although there are no direct...
in February, 2008. The show received positive reviews from the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
, L.A. Weekly and other Los Angeles-area publications.
The Los Angeles run received financial backing and publicity support from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...
star Jorja Fox
Jorja Fox
Jorja-An Fox , is an American actress, musician and songwriter. She first came to prominence as a guest star on the television drama ER, portraying the recurring role of Dr. Maggie Doyle from 1996 to 1999. This was followed by another critical success in the recurring role of Secret Service Agent...
.
Smith performed the songs from Stay Forever in a cabaret show entitled Kirsten Holly Smith Sings Dusty Springfield at the Duplex Cabaret in New York's West Village, for four shows in November and December, 2008, where it was also well received, including a positive notice from Village Voice columnist Michael Musto
Michael Musto
Michael Musto is an American columnist for the The Village Voice, where he writes La Dolce Musto. Musto was born in Brooklyn to an Italian American family. He attended Columbia University graduating in 1976. During his studies, he was a theater critic for the Columbia Spectator...
on his blog.
In addition to Stay Forever, Smith has appeared on stage in numerous plays including Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men is a novella written by Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. Published in 1937, it tells the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers during the Great Depression in California, USA....
, Three Sisters
Three Sisters (play)
Three Sisters is a play by Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov, perhaps partially inspired by the situation of the three Brontë sisters, but most probably by the three Zimmermann sisters in Perm...
and Twelfth Night as well as several independent films including the lead role in Isle of Lesbos.