Liz Larsen, Brad Oscar, Jeff Talbott, Lynne Wintersteller, Dirk Lumbard, Shannon O'Bryan, Joshua James Campbell, Blake Whyte, Laura Jordan and Michael Thomas Holmes
Influences
Jule Styne, Frank Loesser, Abe Burrows, Harold Rome
Sounds Like
Feels far less like a period piece than a straightforward revival of an actual musical from Broadway's Golden Age.
A wily wizard with words, Katz has created a show that, despite his tuneful, toe-tapping music, derives its primary entertainment value from verbal humor. This is the kind of musical that's not been made for Broadway in a long time. With its witty references to literary figures and historical events, Such Good Friends not only emulates the creative techniques of musical makers of the past but seems written for Broadway audiences of a bygone era -- those more homogenous, midcentury New York theatre audiences who possessed a common body of knowledge, a certain level of education, and shared cultural backgrounds and attitudes. - Lisa Jo Sagolla, BackStage
Winner of 2 Talkin' Broadway Summer Theatre Festival Citations & 3 New York Musical Theatre Festival Awards, "a smash in every way" (Filichia) and "one of the best musical comedies I've seen in years" (Michael Dale).
