Cry-Baby the Musical!

Cry-Baby: The Musical
June 8, 2008 3:00 PM
U 118 with Flo

Fun, but largely forgettable musical based on the John Waters film, which I've also largely forgotten. The acting was good and it seemed that people were enjoying themselves. The ruffians actually looked rough, so when the boys in prison break into a tapdance, there was none of the West Side Story these finger-snapping boys are going to riot? Really?? that typically comes when stage gangs burst into song. Elizabeth Stanley, recently of the Company revival, resurfaces here as a 16 year old girl. Having just seen her in a very adult role, it took a few minutes to accept her as a teenager, but once I did I started wondering how I'd possibly thought she was an adult! The wonder of costume and makeup… All in all, Cry-Baby sends you off with a good feeling, and it's not a bad way to kill a Sunday afternoon.