Former Vanderbilt University professor Dorothy Marcic is the power behind this Cliffs Notes of musical feminism, a revue bringing together some four dozen female-associated pop oldies, from “I Will Survive” and “I Am Woman” to “Piece of My Heart” and “These Boots Are Made for Walking” — all of them well sung by Aimee Collier, Kareema M. Castro, and Tiana Cheechia. Unfortunately, Marcic is not content to make the point that women have sung a lot of great songs (the sappy 1982 Charlene hit “I’ve Never Been to Me” notwithstanding). She hooks a perfectly good evening of cabaret to an on-stage narration (by Kathy St. George) that combines the author’s personal history with the social history of American women since 1900, with the civil-rights movement thrown in for good measure. | Stuart Street Playhouse, Radisson Hotel, 200 Stuart St, Boston | 800.447.7400 | Indefinitely | Curtain 8 pm Wed-Fri + 2 pm Wed [second + fourth week of the month] | 2 + 8 pm Sat | 2 pm + 6 pm [first + third week of the month] Sun | $45; $40.50 seniors with ID; $22.50 students with ID 30 minutes prior to curtain

Former Vanderbilt University professor Dorothy Marcic is the power behind this Cliffs Notes of musical feminism, a revue bringing together some four dozen female-associated pop oldies, from “I Will Survive” and “I Am Woman” to “Piece of My Heart” and “These Boots Are Made for Walking” — all of them well sung by Aimee Collier, Kareema M. Castro, and Tiana Cheechia. Unfortunately, Marcic is not content to make the point that women have sung a lot of great songs (the sappy 1982 Charlene hit “I’ve Never Been to Me” notwithstanding). She hooks a perfectly good evening of cabaret to an on-stage narration (by Kathy St. George) that combines the author’s personal history with the social history of American women since 1900, with the civil-rights movement thrown in for good measure.