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Rosie Perez Stars in Terrence McNally's The Ritz at Studio 54
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Members Who Went Said:
I took my daughter who's 20 years old to see the play with me and all we did was laugh, laugh, laugh. It was very energetic, funny, and kept you interested throughout the whole play. It was interesting to see how it was going to all work out at the end. Great ending...
Ray Theater Monger! This show was STELLAR!~ Not sure if it was because I had little expectations but I left the show with stomach pains from all the laughter. The direction was superb and the performances were top notch. I didn't want it to end. Rosie Perez, with a slightly less nasally voice was REALLY incredible in the role. She had BIG shoes to fill with Rita Moreno originally in the part but what she couldn't fit, she stuffed well her impeccable comedic timing and and hysterical musical medley number at the end of act one. I even thought to myself...Tony? I know, it's crazy to think of Rosie as a Tony nominee but I hope it happens because I'll root for her to win. Brooks Ashmanskas should not only be nominated but should win for losing last year and for another impeccable performance. Go see it and you'll regret not seeing it again!
cynthia rivera Kissie I absolutely loved it. The cast was perfect, the men where in shape and ROSIE PEREZ was the highlight of the show. Fabulous show. |
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Event Highlights
More Details About This Event: This slapstick comedy from Tony Award winner Terrence McNally (Love! Valour! Compassion!, Master Class) bounds onto Broadway under the direction of Tony Award winner Joe Mantello (Assassins, Wicked, Take Me Out). In this hysterically funny farce starring Academy Award nominee Rosie Perez ("Fearless," "It Could Happen to You," "White Men Can't Jump") as Googie Gomez and Tony Award nominee Kevin Chamberlin (Seussical, Dirty Blonde) as Gaetano Proclo, a heterosexual man hiding out from his homicidal brother-in-law who inadvertently finds himself in a gay bathhouse. Slamming doors, mistaken identities, and advances--both wanted and unwanted--all build to a crazy conclusion that leaves everyone in hot water!
By Terrence McNally Directed by Joe Mantello Starring Rosie Perez, Kevin Chamberlin and Brooks Ashmanskas Musical direction by Seth Rudetsky Choreography by Christopher Gattelli About Studio 54: Studio 54 was originally built as the Gallo Opera House. The theatre opened in November 1927 with a production of La Boheme, San Carlo Opera Company's first production of an unsuccessful three-week season.After financial difficulty with the opera, impresario Fortune Gallo soon turned to producing legitimate shows such as Electra, featuring Antoinette Perry (for whom the Tony Awards are named), and the Oscar Hammerstein musical Rainbow. After continued failure, the theatre gained a reputation for bad luck and was sold in foreclosure shortly after the stock market crash of 1929. In 1930 the space was renamed the New Yorker Theatre and housed productions like Ibsen's The Vikings. Over the next few years, the theatre continued to house flops. The space changed hands several times and became the Casino de Paris, the Palladium, and the Federal Music Theatre restored and run by the WPA. The space was purchased by CBS in 1942 and became the CBS Radio Playhouse Number 4, and later Studio 52. Over the next three decades it was home to radio broadcasts and, later, renowned television shows like The Jack Paar Show, The Jack Benny Show, The Johnny Carson Show and such varied fare as The $64,000 Question, Beat the Clock and Captain Kangaroo. In the late 1970s, the space was sold and transformed into the nightclub Studio 54, one of the most famed discos of all time. After the club was closed in 1986, it became a venue for rock concerts in the late '80's. Thereafter, the space was largely neglected until 1998 when Roundabout discovered the theatre, a jewel in the rough on the northern-most edge of the Broadway district. Today, Studio 54 is a permanent home for Roundabout Theatre Company and will house their musicals and large-scale productions for years to come. Productions by Roundabout Theatre include their revival of Cabaret, Assassins, Pacific Overtures and A Streetcar Named Desire. |
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