Ruthless! The Musical
PHOTO CREDIT: TYLER OGBURN PHOTOGRAPHY
05/04/2023 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Cost: $25-$35
CL RECOMMENDS
CL Critic Kevin C. Madigan Recommends: Georgia’s sole LGBTQ theatre company is co-producing this campy musical with Georgia State University’s School of Film, Media & Theatre, under the direction of Paul Conroy. Ruthless originally opened off-Broadway in March of 1992 (with the young Natalie Portman and Britney Spears as understudies) and won an Outer Critics Circle Award the following year. The main character is an eight-year old girl who creates mayhem in her desperation to play the lead role in a school play. “A wonderfully smart and funny send-up of every Broadway brat from Gypsy to The Bad Seed, loaded with campy wit and charm,” a Varietyreviewer noted at the time. Music is by Marvin Laird and book and lyrics are by Joel Paley. The Atlanta cast includes both Kayla Furie and Max Walls as Tina Denmark; Anna Dvorak as Judy Denmark; Latrice Pace as Lita Encore; Wendell Scott as Miss Thorne; Blake Fountain as Sylvia St. Croix; and Courtney Locke as Louise Lerman. — KCM
From the venue:
Eight-year-old Tina Denmark knows she was born to play Pippi Longstocking, and she will do anything to win the part in her school musical. “Anything” includes murdering the leading lady!