Stand By Your Man

When Tammy Wynette was in love, in pain, or...
as often was the case... both at once, she sang about it.

The First Lady of Country Music recorded, performed and sometimes wrote many of her greatest hits, from "I Don’t Want to Play House Anymore" and "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" to "Golden Ring" and "'Til I Can Make It on My Own", in response to events in her often-stormy personal history.
Unlike the tremendously successful Patsy Cline musical which in several different incarnations were mostly just a sampling of her concerts, Stand By Your Man truly is the Tammy Wynette Story. This musical chronicles the life of this country star. The show deals with most of Wynette’s most difficult episodes, including the difficult relationship with her mother, her divorces, her addiction to prescription drugs, her illnesses and her famous kidnapping incident.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegraph said, “Humor perfectly peppers the tragedy and triumph. But ultimately, the show’s heart and honesty are what bring it to life.” Also, “Miraculously, it squeezes a host of songs into the story without cluttering the proceedings.”

“So much of her music is autobiographical, which makes it so much easier to make a musical out of it,” says Mark St. Germain, the show’s playwright and award winning author of Gift of the Magi and the Off-Broadway hit, Camping with Henry and Tom. “Tammy’s music is about someone who is exposing her pain. You can track her life, and what she felt from the songs she chose to sing.”

There are 28 of Tammy’s hits in the show. It’s ironic, however, that the title song was Wynette’s biggest hit because she had five husbands. But Tammy was a women who loved being in love. She was extremely strong, but there was a part of her that always looked to be taken care of. That probably led her to make some hard decisions, especially in life. The one place she was truly happy was on the stage.

It’s the Tammy Wynette legend and all of her hits that fills the theatre every night for Stand By Your Man, but it’s the story that unfolds that has people leaving knowing they’ve seen a thoroughly moving as well as entertaining evening of musical theatre.

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The Music of
STAND BY YOUR MAN

ACT ONE
1 Stand By Your Man Show Opening
2 Why Baby Why
3 I Saw The Light
4 My Man Understands
5 Hush Little Babies
6 Beauty School Transition U/S
7 Between 29 and Danger
8 Hospital Transition U/S
9 The Race Is On
10 Tammy's Audition
11 Bedtime Story
12 Apartment No. 9
13 Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad
14 Love Bug
15 My Elusive Dreams
16 Winnepeg Backstage
17 D-I-V-O-R-C-E
18 We're Not The Jetset
19 Opry Commercial
20 Near You
21 We're Gonna Hold On
22 Tammy's Breakdown
23 I Still Believe In Fairytales

ACT TWO
24 Entr'acte, Another Chance
25 Till I Can Make It On My Own
26 Did You Ever
27 Golden Ring
28 You And Me
29 If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me
30 Till I Get It Right
31 God's Gonna Getcha For That
32 Justified And Ancient
33 Singing My Song
34 How Great Thou Art
35 Stand By Your Man
36 Bows

THE CRITICS SING THE PRAISES OF STAND BY YOUR MAN!

“Humor perfectly peppers the tragedy and triumph. But ultimately the show’s heart and honesty are
what bring it to life.”….”Miraculously, it squeezes
a host of songs into the story without cluttering the proceedings”….”Finally a musical biography to stand by.”
- The Fort Worth Star–Telegraph

“The best thing I have seen and heard in years. I mean the best! From the first minute to the last this was a pure joy.” -That’s Country.com
“Stand By Your Man shows other musical biographies how it should work.”
- The Fort Worth Star– Telegraph

“The best country to hit Jacksonville this year is on the stage at FCCJ’s Wilson Center until October 10th. The bio-musical of Tammy Wynette’s life and music was a real crowd-pleaser at the Tuesday night opener."
- Dick Kerekes, Entertaining U

“Wynette became a legend for a reason: She has a whole lot of voice and a whole lot to say. Stand By Your Man perfectly captures her essence and make for an unforgettable night of music. The audience delivered one of the strongest standing ovations I’ve ever heard at the theatre.”
- Beth Jones, Roanoke Times