For anyone who's interested, and close enough, the MUSICAL of "Shenandoah" (based on the film) is slated for Ford's Theatre in Washington this spring, March 17 - April 30.  Scott Bakula ("Quantum Leap," "Star Trek: Enterprise") will star.  http://www.fordstheatre.org/

Scott has a long association with the show.  The original Broadway production (starring Knoxvillian John Cullum) was the first show Scott saw on Broadway when he arrived there in the mid-1970s, and within days afterwards he was cast in another production of the same show.  I'm not sure if that was the national tour or a regional staging, but he played various roles in several productions of "Shenandoah" before going on to off-Broadway and Broadway musicals, and then to TV series.

And, by the way, the song "Shenandoah" is not used in the stage musical of the same name.

Rosanna Bencoach
Richmond
https://www.aboutJohnCullum.com/

-----Original Message---

Date:    Thu, 16 Feb 2006 08:37:36 -0500
From:    "Wilmer L. Kerns" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Never Underestimate the General Assembly

The movie "Shenandoah" IS about the Shenandoah Valley. It is the story of a
Shenandoah Valley farmer who refuses to take sides during the Civil War. He
will not support the Confederacy because he opposes slavery but he will not
support the Union because he is opposed to war. This is part of the culture
brought to the Valley by pacifists-- Mennonites, Brethren and Quakers.

BUT the song "Shenandoah" has nothing to do with the Shenandoah Valley nor
the River, nor Virginia. I don't want my homeland exploited ("across the
wide Missouri"). I hope it fails in the House of Delegates. Sorry, Randy.

Wilmer L. Kerns





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