Willy Russell's 1986 comedy introduces us to Shirley Valentine, a 42 year old Liverpool housewife who has found herself entrenched in a well-worn rut. At one point she asks, "I used to be Shirley Valentine, who turned me into this?" Over the course of the next couple hours, we become her confidants as she treats us to her story and her efforts to come into her own -- a journey that Shirley, superbly portrayed by Tere…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 10:24PM on March 6, 2014