Successful Musical Got its Start at Baha'i Conference

May 1, 2007

Source: Baha'i World News Service

http://news.bahai.org/story/525

BRISBANE, Australia, 1 May 2007 (BWNS) -- Management consultant Dorothy Marcic always tried to make her seminars entertaining as well as informative.

This time she outdid herself.

She took a presentation about the equality of the sexes, filled it with Top 40 songs that reflect the status of women, and made a Broadway-type show out of it.

The musical has played successfully in a half dozen U.S. cities - current runs in Boston, Detroit and Atlanta have been extended - and now it has made its international commercial debut in Australia. Some 600,000 people have seen it, and more are coming each day.

"Respect: A Musical Journey of Women" traces the women's movement through the lyrics of songs - "I Will Follow Him," "Someone To Watch Over Me," "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend," "I Am Woman," "I Will Survive," and dozens of others.