FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Cry-Baby

I was shocked to find out that Cry-Baby closed SEVEN years ago this week!  Shocked!  For me, that realization was one of those "what? only seven years? it seems so much longer than that!" moments.  The truth is, I really liked that show, especially the cast and the score.  And it was witty on all fronts.  It, fairly or not, was bound to suffer in comparison to the nearly perfect Hairspray.  And it saddens me that this 4-time Tony Award nominee (Best Musical, Best Book, Best Choreography and Best Score) wasn't recorded - or if it was, it was never released commercially.

Cry-Baby played 45 previews and 68 performances at the Marquis Theater.

Notable Cast Members included: Harriet Harris (It Shoulda Been You), Elizabeth Stanley (On The Town), James Snyder (If/Then), and some of my favorite Broadway gypsies and co-stars: Nick Blaemire, Cameron Adams, Charlie Sutton, Spencer Liff, Colin Cunliffe, and my buddy, Eric Sciotto.  And then there's Ryan Silverman, who made his debut in the ensemble - he went on to ply Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera, Billy Flynn in Chicago, and starred in the revival of Side Show. no crying for him!

The Great Harriet Harris commands the stage!

Elizabeth Stanley and the oh-so-wholesome Whiffles

The bad guys are, um, cool?

"Cry-Baby"( James Snyder) and Allison (Elizabeth Stanley)

When the squares and the scabs met, they get married!

One of the best dance numbers ever!
 Tapping on license plates!

"Girl, Can I Kiss You?" with lots of tongue!

Jeff

Broadway Ladies: Ms. May 2010

My Ms. May is one of my favorite Broadway stars on the rise.  I have been smitten with her since the first time I saw her.  It was the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.  The show: Company; the role: April, the stewardess.  She was pretty, with stunning, but amazingly blank eyes.  Totally in character, even as she played her instruments.  She was one of the few things that kept me from gluing my eyes to Raul Esparza!  Then I saw her in her first leading role in Cry-Baby, a show I liked very much and wish had made more of a splash.  Most recently, I saw her in Million Dollar Quartet, and as I said in my review, she is one of about two things that make the show worth going to see (the other being the delicious and outrageously talented Levi Kreis).  She heats up the entire production with her scorching rendition of "Fever," and it is HOT!

Now, without further adieu, here she is... Ms. May 2010... Elizabeth Stanley!

What a great headshot!

On the Company Red Carpet!

"You Could Drive a Person Crazy"

Elizabeth and Raul: "Barcelona"

French kissin' in the Baltimore 'burbs

in Cry-Baby

Elizabeth and another hottie, James Snyder

She's Alive!  The Xanadu Tour

"Suspended in Time": Xanadu

With yet another Broadway hottie -

Elizabeth and Max von Essen in Xanadu

She's 4 for 4!  Elizabeth with

Eddie Clendening in MDQ

And here she is giving Broadway

"Fever" in Million Dollar Quartet!

Some one please give this great talent a super great show to star in!  PLEASE!

Comments?  Suggestions for next month's Ms. Broadway?  Leave one here or email me at jkstheatrescene@yahoo.com.

Jeff