Taylor’s Life Story set to Whitney’s Songs Reviewed by Mary Alderson If you know any young performers and ask how they got into acting, singing, or dancing or all three making them triple threats, you will often hear the same story. They will tell you, “I saw a live show / play / musical / concert when I was little and I was fascinated. Then I was in an elementary school play / musical / concert and I was certain that’s what I had to do.” This is Taylor Lovelace’s story, which she has written and is performing, part of the Creator’s Unit program at the Capitol Theatre in Port Hope. She has set her life story to the songs made famous by Whitney Houston, obviously a big fan of the amazing late singer. Taylor is no stranger to the Capitol. In recent years, she has performed in Waitress, A Year with Toad and Frog, and Little Shop of Horrors. She was also in the cast of last winter’s Mirvish production Kimberley Akimbo in Toronto. A talented young woman, she can act, tell stories, and sing with a powerful voice. Lovelace’s story honours her grandmother and her mother, both strong women. Her grandmother left Jamaica with her children to start a new life. She imitates her grandmother’s accent and shares her catchphrases, creating some laughs, while describing her grandmother as a “four foot eleven wicked woman”. Lovelace also talks about how her father supports her career driving her to an audition and calming her nerves. She then tells about being in love with a man who turns out to be the wrong guy, and how she got the strength to walk away from the relationship and survive the heartbreak. But it’s the way she ties in the Whitney Houston songs ...