from the Delaware County Daily Times
B-Hold an old-fashioned musical by Summer Stage alum Steven Fisher
‘Mother B!’ writer Steven Fisher, a former Upper Darby Summer Stage performer, is shown at a rehearsal for the play, which premieres 7:30 p.m. Thursday, at the Upper Darby Performing Arts Center, 601 N. Lansdowne Ave., Drexel Hill.
UPPER DARBY >> A former Summer Stage alumnus has written a new old-fashioned American musical to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War.
Steven Fisher, 46, of Philadelphia, will showcase the world premiere of “Mother B!,” in concert version, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, at the Upper Darby Performing Arts Center, 601 N. Lansdowne Ave., Drexel Hill, where his career in the arts began as a teen.
“Mother B!” celebrates the remarkable story of Mary Ann Bickerdyke, known as Mother B, and remembered as the Florence Nightingale of the Civil War, which ended April 9, 1865, when Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee met at the Appomattox Courthouse.
The show is being premiered 150 years later to the day and features a rousing, toe-tapping score in the style of Golden Age musicals of the 1940s.