Conway Twitty Musical Tribute Show - Branson Tourism Center

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2008 Information
Conway Twitty Musical Tribute Show "The Musical Remembers a Legend" (Performing At RFD-TV Theatre )
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	Adult	Child
Regular Season
Box Office Price	$34.50	$19.75
Our Price	$33.50 (Tax included)	$19.75 (Ages 4-12)
Children 0-3 free on lap

Show Description

The show description below is seen in the eyes of Chris Parton writer for CMT.com after Oct 12th performance in Nashville, Tennessee. The show travels to Branson for a special engagement of performances.

The legacy of Conway Twitty was on display in Conway Twitty: The Man, the Music, the Legend, a new musical that premiered last night (Oct 12) in Nashville. Twitty's songs themselves highlighted the production, and Glen Templeton was stellar in his recreation of Twitty's voice and mannerisms on stage, as was Emily Portman in portrayal of Loretta Lynn. So much so in fact, I think many of the people around me were willing to pretend that it really was Conway and Loretta.

Through the crowd's cheering Templeton sang hits from each era of Twitty's 35 year career, including "It's Only Make Believe" and "Slow Hand", and performed a stunningly accurate set of duets with Portman including "Linda on My Mind" and spirited "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man."

While music was excellent, the production was more of a history lesson than an actual play. In order to have time to touch on the important points of his career, there could be no plot line, which I would have enjoyed. Templeton had exactly zero lines of dialogue, and the same for Portman. Instead, bits of stories about Twitty's rise to fame and subsequent stardom were told by his daughters (portrayed by actress Tiffany Leigh Baldwin and Amber Hayes).

Overall, though, I thoroughly enjoyed the performance. Perhaps the most moving part of the night came near the end with Templeton's rendition of "Don't Take It Away," a song so powerful that everyone rose to their feet and even the young boy seated next to me, who had been indifferent to the whole night, could not restrain himself from calling out in approval. It showed that the family's wish to keep Conway Twitty's legacy of music alive and introduce it to a new generation had certainly come true, at least for one night.

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