Show: Islands In The Stream
Format: Music Show
Genre: Music
Date: February 9 2018
Location: Empire Theatre, Liverpool
The audience at Liverpool‘s Empire Theatre recently held a tribute to two of the greatest country singers of all time. They are Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton as part of the Islands In The Stream show.
Islands In The Stream
Description Of Islands In The Stream
The lead performers were both great lookalikes and both rose to the occasion from a vocal standpoint too, with Kenny just edging Dolly in terms of authenticity. The first half featured some classics such as Ruby (Don’t Take Your Love To Town), though this portion of the show (split into a section apiece for each singer, as was the second half) featured a greater number of tunes that would appeal most to the die-hards who collect the CDs and have followed their careers from the beginning.
That wasn’t to say that this was a bad thing, though. Indeed, the crowd was on its feet and singing along throughout (too much, in fact, as several groups of attendees were reprimanded fairly often for disrupting one’s enjoyment of the show), with Ruby, in particular, getting the crowd singing and dancing. In fact, the first half even saw a proposal, as a local lad named Ian popped the question to his girlfriend Alison! Dolly presented the moment and emphasised that she had said yes, adding to the feel-good nature of the show.
Analysis Of Islands In The Stream
The second half was stronger, with both singers delivering their most famous hits, with Kenny’s renditions of Lucille and The Gambler, and Dolly’s performances of 9-To-5 and I Will Always Love You (in a calmer manner than the Whitney Houston version, as Parton had written the song) proving most popular with the audience. Almost everyone was on their feet, especially for Lucille (though I have a personal bias as that’s my favourite Kenny song!), and of course, the show ended with their joint hit Islands In The Stream, which ended a great show on a high note.
The show was enjoyable enough. There are frequent costume changes into colourful, eye-catching attires. Not to mention some humour and plenty of audience interaction, making for a fine evening of entertainment. As alluded to, the only downside concerns several audience members talking loudly throughout. They felt that this was a performance to them alone, rather than to a large crowd. There were also audio issues near the beginning with the microphones, though this stopped after around 10 minutes.
Summary Of Islands In The Stream
On the whole, Islands In The Stream was a good show for all arenas from a theatre to a cruise. And it even featured a proposal in time for Valentine’s Day. What more could you want?
