Love Bomb The Musical, Produced By Donna Spencer And...

Rhianna Jagpal WMST 1216 Love Bomb xxx words I attended the live performance of â€Å"Love Bomb† the musical, produced by Donna Spencer and directed by Reneà © Iaci. The production was put up by the Firehall Arts Center located at 280 E Cordova St, Vancouver, BC. The central storyline of the show was as follows: A concert of emotion rips through Justine’s (played by Sara Vickruck) first performance in years, and all because of one uninvited guest, Lillian (played by Deb Pickman), her music takes on a life of its own. Lillian is a desperate mother searching for her missing daughter while Justine is hiding a secret that could kill her career. As the musical’s storyline developed further, it was clear that a sensitive topic was the underlying issue: Prostitution. In the production, Lillian comes to discover that her missing daughter, Nicola, has actually run away with her highschool boyfriend. At the time Nicola was 16 and her boyfriend said to be 23 but in actuality was 33. The boyfriend was a pimp and had slowly lured little Nicola into becoming a prostitute. Within the first couple months of the relationship everything was normal and he financially supported Nicola in every way. He used money as a ploy to manipulate her. Once she realized she loved the thrill, money, and drugs, she was hooked. Worst of all, she was in love with him and there was no turning back. Lillian comes to meet Justine, a singer/songwriter who was once in Nicola’s position but was