According to Lincoln Center's new LCT3 project at its slogan, it takes "New Audiences for New Artists." It also takes new critics, hence the establishment of Theater Talk's New Theater Corps in 2005, a way for up-and-coming theater writers and eager new theatergoers to get exposure to the ever-growing theater scene in New York City. Writers for the New Theater Corps are given the opportunity to immerse themselves in the off-off and off-Broadway theater scene, learning and giving back high-quality reviews at the same time. Driven by a passion and love of the arts, the New Theater Corps aims to identify, support, and grow the arts community, one show and one person at a time.

Monday, November 14, 2005

Review: "The Great American Trailer Park Musical"
by: Dane Harrington Joseph

.....if you’re in the mood for a fun show with a top-rate cast
(which receives standing ovations every night), take a trip over
to the Trailer Park and have yourself a good ole’ time.


Read entire review: Lies. Deceit. Strippers. Agoraphobia. Flan. And that’s just in the first half of the hilarious Great American Trailer Park Musical now playing at Dodger Stages. The story takes place in Armadillo Acres, a trailer park, where a toll collector named Norbert (Shuler “Tony© winner” Hensley) whose rocky relationship with his agoraphobic wife Jeannie (Kaitlyn “Bat Boy” Hopkins) leads him into an adulterous affair with sultry stripper-on-the-run Pippi (pop diva Orfeh). The best elements of the show, however, are the three muses—Betty (Linda “Hairspray” Hart), Lin (comic genius Marya Grady), & Pickles (Leslie Kritzer, who is certainly the next big thing)—who tell the story with unrivaled comedic flare and whose musical numbers are a-hoot (think fierce)!

If for no other reason run to Dodger Stages to see the ultra uproarious number “Storm’s A-Brewin’,” a first-rate parody of disco hit “It’s Raining Men” that brings down the house. This has to rank as one of the most brilliant numbers I have ever witnessed. Ever. It alone is worth the price of admission. Believe me people! So if you’re in the mood for a fun show with a top-rate cast (which receives standing ovations every night), take a trip over to the Trailer Park and have yourself a good ole’ time.

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