Celebrate the leading ladies of country music when Rubicon Theatre Company presents Broadway’s Melissa Hammans in NASHVILLE GAL as part of the 2018 Janet and Mark L. Goldenson Broadway Concert Series. This tribute showcases the lives and music of Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton and many others.

From the Smokey Mountains to the Kentucky coal mines, these ground-breaking artists made their way to Nashville to sing their truth with haunting sincerity, sometimes stirring up a little controversy along the way. These “queens of Country Music” would go on to break down walls and top the charts, becoming some of the most important artists in American music history. With voices as big as their hearts, and in some cases their hair, they sang from the battlefields of life, love, and heartache in the Deep South. Through story and song, Hammans’ honey-dripping mezzo puts a fresh spin on classic hits that include “Walkin After Midnight,” “Stand by Your Man,” "Coal Miner’s Daughter,” “Jolene” and rarer treasures that typify the genre, with musical direction by Sue Terwilliger.

NASHVILLE GAL comes to Ventura for two performances only: Saturday, April 14 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 15 at 2 p.m. (with a post-show talkback)