Mrs. Smith's Broadway Cat-tacular NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (6)
See it if you enjoy popular showtunes cleverly integrated into a cabaret show. You want to see a campy act that can actually SING.
Don't see it if you want it to close too early. This is your fault. How will she ever find Carlyle now? Some off-color humor.
See it if Love cats!
Don't see it if Hate cats
See it if Wonderful
Don't see it if No reason
See it if Great n every way
Don't see it if a must see
See it if Cool
Don't see it if Yes
See it if I loved it
Don't see it if Must see
Critic Reviews (8)
"'Mrs. Smith’s Broadway Cat-Tacular!' is a decent drag show, but it needs more 'cat,' or something, to really earn that 'tacular...' Overall, the 'Cat-Tacular' has an identity problem. It’s more polished and elaborate than karaoke but not quite cabaret and not quite a play. Drag is feeling a little overexposed these days between stage works and television competition shows. It would be nice to see Mr. Hanbury take up the challenge to elevate his game."
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"It’s amazing what you can do with a little imagination and a lot of cardboard...It brings back the glory days of shoestring camp entertainment for all...This kind of show doesn’t need to make sense, especially if you have a cocktail or five before seeing it — the liquid courage may also help with the genial audience participation."
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"if it is to appeal to a wider audience, Mrs. Smith's mad little soirée needs less of everything. The 'Cat-Tacular' is too frantic, too hard-sell...The only element of which there is no surfeit is genuine wit...The basic concepts aren't yet funny enough; better writing is wanted, along with more focused, less enervating staging."
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"Her impassioned narrative veers toward the inane, but so be it. Our motor-mouthed diva's brittle asides and batty digressions also provide amusing occasions for some audience-friendly participation. But it is Hanbury's patently deft and also partly daffy renditions of classic show tunes that are the real cat's meow."
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"The joy in Hanbury’s performance as the eccentric entertainer is that as she shares her outlandish stories she becomes only more and more captivating, perversely seductive even...'Mrs. Smith’s Broadway Cat-tacular' is an unexpectedly delightful treat."
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"Mr. Hanbury, pleasant and likable enough, sings capably (but not exceptionally), and works very hard, scoring points by his enthusiasm and brio, but he rarely rises to the level of satire, insight, poignancy, and hilarity this kind of show demands... David Hanbury is no Charles Busch and Mrs. Smith is no Miriam Passman. "
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"Hanbury’s performance is pawsitively perfect and his/her vocals are truly spectacular. I would personally love to see this talented actor/actress in a show worthy of his/her talents...Andrew Rasmussen, co-writer and director, has certainly knows his way around a cat box and scratches in all the right places."
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"I wish I could be as enthusiastic about this performance as Mrs. Smith’s legions of fans. They loved every moment; me, not so much...For an evening like nothing else, Mrs. Smith and company are indeed the cat’s whiskers."
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