Maureen Lee Lenker — Theater Critic

The production is a zippy romp that plays its murders for laughs and leans into the physical comedy of its set-ups with aplomb. Though it does add in some new quips and mildly tweaks the original screenplay, it is largely the same story as the 1985 film, albeit lacking some of the polish and precision of its cinematic predecessor.

But her true power is in her once-in-a-generation voice. The vocal potency of McCrimmon’s belt whips the audience into a downright frenzy. When she opens her broad mouth on classics like “People” and “Don’t Rain on My Parade,' a tidal wave of sound emerges to drown the audience with its aural richness and force. But the real magic of her voice isn’t merely that it’s arresting or dynamic, it’s the ways in which she threads the emotion of the material through her astounding instrument to pack a wallop that will leave a mark for days.