highlights from local critics reviews - (click link at bottom of each review to read complete review)
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"...Silence of the Lambs, which focuses on an FBI agent who enlists the help of one serial killer in order to stop another, is one of the creepiest movies ever made while the 2005 musical parody of the film, Silence! The Musical, plays the entire show for laughs. ...while it gets a little tiresome and the score is entirely unmemorable, it is still 90 minutes of silly fun with numerous laugh out loud moments and a cast who throw themselves into recreating these iconic cinema characters....The musical score by Jon and Al Kaplan is crude, lewd, and entirely forgettable..the enthusiastic Stray Cat cast, under Louis Farber's fairly inspired direction, throw themselves into their roles...As Clarice, Brandi Bigley has the accent, determination, and fierce dedication that Jodie Foster brought to her Oscar-winning film portrayal down to a T. Scott Schmelder is superb as Dr. Hannibal Lecter...With a bravura performance that borders on sheer insanity, David Chorley is a comic gem as Buffalo Bill. ...may not be the greatest musical, or musical parody, ever written, but fans of the film will most likely find much to laugh at and enjoy. ... " -Gil Benbrook, Talkin' Broadway (click here to read the complete review)
COMING SOON - Kerry Lengel, Arizona Republic (click here to read the complete review)
""What sounds funny on paper ... wears surprisingly thin once the production continues. However, director Louis Farber keeps the action moving at an effectively snappy pace, never lingering on a moment to milk a laugh longer than needed..." -David Appleford, Valley Screen and Stage (click here to read the complete review)
"..a perfectly depraved and frantically funny Stray Cat Theatre production under the expert guidance of director Louis Farber and featuring a superb cast who know how to deliver the zany word plays and inane plot details without ever laughing at the idiocy....The weird show will not appeal to everyone but if you enjoy evil silliness and a plot too ridiculous to ever believe, you’re in for a pleasant two hours of delightful fun with constant laughter....performed zestfully by strong performers and directed with delicious gusto..." --Chris Curcio, Curtain Up Phoenix (click here to read the complete review)
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