'Vanities' at Pasadena Playhouse

Into the estrogen-amped summer of 2008 -- Hillary Rodham Clinton, Carrie Bradshaw, Sarah Palin -- breezes "Vanities," the bright but undeclared new musical now at Pasadena Playhouse. Scheduled to open on Broadway in 2009, the show is based on Jack Heifner's long-running 1976 dramedy about a trio of white girls from Texas and features a book by Heifner and music and lyrics by David Kirshenbaum ("Summer of '42").

By Charlotte Stoudt

September 1, 2008