"Dolly Parton herself wrote the music to , running this month at the Victoria Theatre, and it's a slapstick revue featuring over-the-top wigs and a comedic commitment to specifically recreating the year 1980. The new production of at the Victoria Theater (running through September 27) is not one of those drag queen parody remakes that are so exceedingly popular in this town."
"This stage remake had an actual Broadway run in 2009, which scored four Tony nominations, including Best Original Score for the music and lyrics written by Parton, and for Best Actress in a Musical for Allison Janney in the Lily Tomlin role. And just to make things more timely and interesting, there are rumors that a Jennifer Aniston remake of is currently in the Hollywood pipeline."
"This at the Victoria gives you something of a Dolly Parton cameo, that will thrill her fans. And Parton's score here is great (though there's no live band, the instrumental parts are prerecorded). And it's not like you get the one good song that everyone knows and then a bunch of clunkers there are 19 songs here, and they are all quality numbers."
Dolly Parton wrote the music for a slapstick revue running at the Victoria Theatre through September 27 that deliberately recreates 1980 with over-the-top wigs and outdated gags. The production is a revival of the 1980 workplace sexual harassment comedy about three office workers who kidnap and imprison their boss, presented here as uproarious and cartoonish rather than overtly feminist. The show had a Broadway run in 2009 with four Tony nominations. The Victoria staging offers a Dolly Parton cameo, a prerecorded instrumental track, 19 strong songs, multilevel staging, and three lead performers with excellent chemistry.
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