I loved the four gals playing the Broads - all talented - but the show needs a major overhaul. Too many jokes are tired old cliches - and singing about side effects from medications? Audiences do not find that entertaining as many experience these very problems on a daily basis. No one was laughing the night I attended, because most of it wasn't funny! And death? Who wants to be reminded that funerals are like weddings, but at least at weddings you can smell your own flowers? Also not funny, guys! Especially for the majority of the audience - over 65!
I recommend the ladies though. June Gable is wonderfully funny and immensely versatile, as is Ivonne Coll as Nilda, a Carmen Miranda with a baritone voice. Barbara Niles has a lovely singing voice and what can one say about Leslie Easterbrook? Nip 'n tuck or not, she is still gorgeous to look at.
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Broads! the musical
music & lyrics by Joe Symon; book by Jennie Fahn
directed by Jules Aaron
El Portal Forum Theatre in NoHo
Through April 4
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