He was born and raised in Oregon, lived in Los Angeles for quite a long time and now calls New York City his home. Break out the balloons because stars Corbin Bleu, Bryce Pinkham, Lora Lee Gayer, Lee Wilkof, Megan Sikora, Megan Lawrence and Morgan Gao are dancing across this wonderful caricature!ī wishes the vibrant cast of Holiday Inn, the New Irving Berlin Musical a happy opening, a wonderful stay on the Main Stem, Christmas presents, Easter treats and fireworks galore.Ībout the Artist: With a desire to celebrate the magic of live theater and those who create it, and with a deep reverence for such touchstones as the work of Al Hirschfeld and the wall at Sardi’s, Squigs is happy and grateful to be among those carrying on the traditions where theater and caricature meet. To celebrate the new Irving Berlin musical's Great White Way bow (and Christmas and the Fourth of July and Easter), Resident Artist Justin “Squigs” Robertson created a kaleidoscopic, colorful sketch of the dazzling cast. Based off of the Oscar-winning 1942 film that starred Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire, the Gordon Greenberg-helmed tuner has already been extended through January 15, 2017. There may be lulls in between, but this is a Holiday Inn you’ll want to check into.It's a lovely day today! The rainbow bright Broadway musical Holiday Inn opens officially on October 6 at Studio 54. Lawrence steals the show with her hilarious turn as the resourceful handywoman, and Sikora, Wilkof and young Morgan Gao, the last playing a neighborhood kid constantly delivering unfortunate news, provide fine comic support.Īlthough Anna Louizos‘ sets are little more than serviceable, the costumes by Alejo Vietti are outstanding, especially in the elaborate production numbers, and Larry Blank’s orchestrations serve the classic songs beautifully, only enhancing the sheer joy that the production’s showstoppers elicit. Pinkham and Gayer prove an appealing romantic duo, while Bleu displays his formidable singing and dancing chops in his underwritten role.
They duet sweetly on White Christmas, one of the two dozen-odd.
Denis Jones’ consistently inventive choreography for these and other numbers provides the large ensemble cast plenty of opportunities to strut their stuff. Pinkham generates some chemistry with Lora Lee Gayer as a lonely schoolteacher whose family used to own the house. Artists top tracks White Christmas, Bryce Pinkham, Lora Lee Gayer Blue Skies, Bryce Pinkham, Holiday Inn Original Broadway Ensemble Be Careful, Its My. Besides the familiar hits from the film (“Happy Holiday,” “Easter Parade,” “White Christmas”), the show includes other numbers such as “ Steppin‘ Out With My Baby,” “Blue Skies,” “Heat Wave,” and “Cheek to Cheek.” “White Christmas” is amusingly introduced by Jim describing it to Linda as “an old Christmas song I wrote years ago and stuck in a drawer,” while “Easter Parade” features a display of dazzling bonnets.īut the absolute highlights, one in each act, are “Shaking the Blues Away,” in which the ensemble merrily dances while simultaneously jumping rope, and “Let’s Say It With Firecrackers/Song of Freedom,” with Bleu terrifically recreating Astaire’s literally explosive tap-dancing number from the film. 11 PHOTOS Lora Lee Gayer and Bryce Pinkham Gordon Greenberg, Bryce Pinkham and Lora Lee Gayer Megan Lawrence and Bryce Pinkham The Ensemble of Holiday Inn Jenny Anderson. Happily, the wonderful Berlin songs provide ample pleasures. It’s also unfortunate that Universal Pictures, whose stage division was involved in the production, felt the need to plug itself so relentlessly, including showcasing its logo in an ersatz film clip.
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