The Drifters Girl – Hull New Theatre
There aren’t many 1950s singing groups whose story can still pack theatres 70 years later.
But The Drifters are no ordinary group as we discovered while watching The Drifters Girl, a new musical, at the Hull New Theatre on Tuesday.
This entertaining production was as much about the group’s manager, Faye Treadwell, as about the group itself.
Treadwell (the amazing Carly Mercedes Dyer) managed the group from the 1970s for 30 years, when women weren’t expected to be in business, never mind actually running the whole shebang.
And being the first female African American manager brought its own difficulties.
Faye’s husband, George, was the original manager of The Drifters, but when he died in 1967, his wife took over the management.
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