This show isn’t just a really good fun musical, it is a superb comedy on par with the Carol Burnett Show. Especially Lauren with the gloves and the Harry Caray impression and all of her expert timing. And Rebecca kills it in a not quite as flashy and much more grounded and real character that is no less brilliant and hilarious. Her inability to whip up enough energy to do anything much less sit up straight, she knows just how far she can push every single bit. And Dagney kinda has to play the Dickey Smothers to Lauren and Rebecca’s Tommy, but she adds a lot more. She’s got a calm frantic energy that is incredibly unnerving and utterly perfect. These three women are teaching a master class in comedy. And then they all sing and dance and it’s ...
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Earth to Karen was a raucous, insightful, and endearing look at the life and times of the "Diaper Lady." The story skillfully moves us from the inception of Karen's 'life, post diaper' to her ultimate ability to embrace all that she is - diaper and helmet included. ...
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This was sooooo much fun. The story was surprising and fit perfectly in its one hour time slot, the songs were great, and the cast was really funny....
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Earth to Karen, a zippy, four-actor musical comedy, is an exemplar of the old theatre adage attributed to Alexandre Dumas that all a play needs is “four boards and a passion.” In Broadwater’s Black Box, four terrific musical comedians seize the space with nothing but themselves, two chairs, and a table, backed by three musicians upstage.
Karen Spitz (Dagney Kerr), a former astronaut, veered off the rails when her unrequited passion for a fellow astronaut caused her to speed non-stop across country from Texas to Florida to kidnap the object of her affection, taking care of her bodily needs by wearing an astronaut diaper. The plot failed, the notoriety cost her career as an astronaut and tagged her forever as “The Diaper Lady.” Now she cras...
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