STAGES: Girl Meets Boy, Boy Meets Boy, Girl Meets Drink

“Stages,” written and performed by the amazing Emily Goglia, is an absolute gem. I loved this show. The pacing, the music, the story, and especially the charismatic and charming performance of Ms. Goglia made for a truly fun and memorable evening.

The show is subtitled, “Girl meets boy, Boy meets boy, Girl meets drink" and Ms. Goglia takes us through her journey of the five stages of grief of her relationship, and each one is punctuated with poignancy, humor and pathos.

The band that accompanies Ms. Goglia’s beautiful and assertive voice needs special praise for being absolutely brilliant and completely one with the singer. The band’s musical director and guitarist is Emily Rosenfield, on keys, Benjamin Keys, on drums, Logan Shrewsbury, and on bass guitar, Christine Meisenhelter. It is hard to pick one song or part of the show that stands out because the show as a whole was so good and powerful that it all deserves equal praise.

In this town, we often hear the terms “X-Factor,”

LARCHMONT BUZZ – PICK OF THE WEEK!
by Laura Foti Cohen

Pick of the Week
Stages: Girl Meets Boy, Boy Meets Boy, Girl Meets Drink, written and performed by Emily Goglia. Playing at Three Clubs, 1123 N. Vine. 75 minutes.

Yes, the title reveals the underlying story. But Emily Goglia brings a fresh perspective to the not-unfamiliar tale of losing a boyfriend to a guy. She also brings a pure and powerful singing voice, which she displays in more than a dozen songs and medleys ranging from Sondheim to Morissette. (“You Oughta Know” absolutely kills.) She updates Kander and Ebb’s “Sara Lee” with references to cronuts, Coldstone Creamery, the Sprinkles ATM and the Museum of Ice Cream. She melds “Beautiful” songs by Carole King and Christina Aguilera. Oh, and the underlying story is well-told, too.

Goglia’s offbeat and personal musical choices and her flawless performance out her as a pro – a rarity in the world of the Fringe. Instead of seeming calculated, though, she remains endeari

STAGES:
Girl Meets Boy.
Boy Meets Boy.
Girl Meets Drink.

A Single-Woman Musical
By Emily Goglia

Join Emily on her hilarious quest to re-calibrate her fractured psyche after being face-slammed by a previously hidden closet door—suddenly thrown open by her boyfriend! STAGES is a bittersweet journey through the five stages of a break-up, complete with song, dance..and a whole lot of coping mechanisms.

After playing packed houses at New York’s 54 Below, The Metropolitan Room, and selling out LA’s Rockwell Table & Stage last year, Emily Goglia brings STAGES to the Hollywood Fringe Festival! You may have recently seen her performing in Fox’s hit TV musical, GREASE LIVE!, getting a voice lesson from Christina Aguilera on the acclaimed Master Class series, and starring in McCoy Rigby’s production of RENT.

“Her voice is phenomenal. One of the most versatile and incredible voices I’ve heard live. But beyond her sensation vocal capability is Goglia’s ability to interpret a song wit