Ruthless! Reviews
Cathy Dixon from London,
RUTHLESS, IMPECCABLE GLAMOUR
Ruthless is a gorgeous musical homage to the highly stylised, ruthless world of mid-1950s showbiz. The characters mimic the campness, glamour and phony sentimentality of the time to wonderful and hilarious effect. Played by a stellar cast, the story centers on how to groom and exploit the precocious talent of Tina Denmark to make up for the thwarted, suppressed ambitions of her stay at home martyr mother, her fame-obsessed coach the glorious Sylvia St Croix, and the "seen better days" drama teacher. Who is the star of the show? Hard to say, all actors outperform each other brilliantly. This is a show that has pulled out all the stops from the set design, to the tailored costumes. The acting and singing were, hammy, as you would expect, yet the delivery, timing and nuanced gestures to the audience were the real treats reminding us of decades of Hollywood diva melodrama. Wonderful stuff - get a ticket.
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