Respect: A Musical Journey of Women.

For my mother's birthday I bought her tickets to see Respect, currently playing at the Gem Theater Downtown. We enter the theater, which to my surprise is very small, but absolutely adorable. We had front row tickets, and when i say front row, I mean FRONT. The play was amazing. I was so impressed. There was a cast of four women; a narrator, a cutsie mini-woman with a gorgeous voice, your average looking mommy, and a overly vulumptous, but extremely talented black woman. The black woman's voice was far beyond breathtaking, she sent chills down your spine, made you feel how she was feeling, I felt delusional. Music is empowering and so emotional, I was tangled between feelings of strength and power, dependency, love, hate, growth and courage. I've never loved my boyfriend more, hated him more. This play was so influencial and empowering. I learned things about the history of woman, the struggles they went through, the hardships they faced, a summary of each decade starting from the 1900's. I don't recomend anyone to see this play, I strongly insist that if you have the means, go see it, boy or girl, go see it.