Studio 54 Roundabout Theatre Company
Todd Haimes, Artistic Director
Harold Wolpert, Managing Director
Julia C. Levy, Executive Director
Present
ROSIE PEREZ and KEVIN CHAMBERLIN
In
THE RITZ
By TERRENCE McNALLY
With
Brooks Ashmanskas
Ashlie Atkinson, Ryan Idol, Patrick Kerr, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe
Terrence Riordan, Seth Rudetsky, Adam Sietz, David Turner
Lenny Venito, Teddy Coluca, Mark Leydorf, Billy Magnussen
Matthew Montelongo, Angela Pietropinto, Jeffrey Evan Thomas
Josh Breckenridge, Justin Clynes, Andrew R. Cooksey
Nick Mayo, Dillion Porter
Directed by JOE MANTELLO
Set Design: SCOTT PASK
Costume Design: WILLIAM IVEY LONG
Lighting Design: JULES FISHER & PEGGY EISENHAUER
Sound Design: TONY MEOLA
Choreography: CHRISTOPHER GATELLI
Production Stage Manager: TRIPP PHILLIPS
Studio 54
254 West 54th Street (between Broadway and Eighth Avenue)
(212) 719-1300 or
www.roundabouttheatre.org
Extended through December 09, 2007
Terrence McNally’s THE RITZ has been revived with the adorable Rosie
Perez and Kevin Chamberlin, and although several of the comic
references are dated and we would like to think that bath houses where random
sexual encounters are encouraged no longer exist, this is still a rollicking
frolic through a seedy establishment occupied with charmingly eccentric
characters. Creative costumes (or the lack thereof), an elaborate set and music
from an era of past renown make the audience willing to go along for this
hilarious ride.
Chamberlin chooses The Ritz, of all places, to hide out from his murderous
brother-in-law. In a continual comedic cycle of mistaken identities, Perez
thinks he is a big producer of legitimate shows who could be her ticket to the
Big Time. Ms. Perez’s bath house act and her attempts to seduce Chamberlin are
worthy of raucous laughs out loud, and theater goers gladly oblige. THE RITZ
is a four-star evening of entertainment.
- Laurie Lawson -