Review Highlights: DISASTER! - Arizona Broadway Theatre

The Cast
photo by Alexxis Grant, Timeless Present Photos

highlights from local critics reviews - (click link at bottom of each review to read complete review)

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"Seth Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick took iconic elements and characters from famous disaster movies to form their musical comical spoof Disaster! and set their wacky plot against a score that features more than two dozen hit pop songs from the '70s..Danny Gorman has directed several shows at ABT and here his work is excellent. This isn't a show with a deep message but a comical spoof that uses props, sight gags, and jokes to create hilarious bits, and Gorman manages to use everything at his disposal to ensure the laughs are big and the hilarity shines. It also helps that the cast don't hold back making sure their performances hit all of the required comical beats the silly script requires. They also all have fantastic singing voices that truly bring each of the well-known pop songs vibrantly to life....may not be an excellent musical or one that alters the future of theatre but it does have a plot that manages to weave together the characters and plots of various films in the disaster genre while using the songs of the period of those movies to provide the inner thoughts and feelings of the characters. If you're not familiar with those films or the songs of the 1970s, you might not quite understand why people are laughing around you. However, if you are familiar with those movies and the songs in the show, with a cracker jack cast who happily chew on the scenery, spit it out, and then chew on it some more, sharp comical direction, and humorous creative elements, you should find Arizona Broadway Theatre's production is a hilarious hoot."  - Gil Benbrook, TalkinBroadway.com (click here to read the complete review)