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Broadway World\u2019s Don Grigware hails it as \u201cA Pulsating Musical Journey with Astounding Barbara Minkus, a dynamically talented singer\/actress who commands the stage. Her incredible light shines brightly at every moment. She may not think she’s famous, but she will live on in our hearts….and that’s about as famous as one could wish to be.\u201d It\u2019s the \u201cBrilliant\u201d (Tolucan Times) Barbara Minkus in a dynamite world premiere musical, helmed by renowned director Susan Morgenstern, with musical accompaniment by Ron Barnett. \u201cTerrific! Highly recommended!\u201d (Culture Corner). If you loved her in Picon Pie and Funny, You Don\u2019t Look Like a Grandmother, you\u2019ll adore her in this funny, poignant and powerful evening of theatre as iconic film, television and Broadway star Barbara Minkus shares private moments, personal tidbits, and a plethora of musical delights.
\nOne of the most widely adored artists in the business, she toured as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl, was Lucy in the recording of You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, starred on Broadway in The Education Of Hyman Kaplan, was a regular on TV’S Love American Style and Curiosity Shop, and most recently, played Off-Broadway and Los Angeles in Don’t Leave It All to Your Children. \u201cBarbara delights her audience!\u201d says Curtain Up\u2019s Bonnie Priever. And Paul Birchall of Stage Raw calls it \u201cAn engaging tour-de-force!\u201d Back for four shows only!
\nProducing Director of Jewish Women’s Theatre, director Susan Morgenstern\u2019s numerous credits include
\nco-teaching “American Musical Comedy” with Tom Lehrer at U.C. Santa Cruz, directing three shows at Garry Marshall’s Falcon Theatre, and Happy Days, A New Musical, at Cabrillo Music Theatre’s 1,800-seat auditorium. She is currently a show director for Walt Disney Parks & Resorts.
\nRon Barnett has been a musical director, composer and erstwhile sound designer for a quarter of a century and is currently Musical Director for the Artists’ Repertory Company in North Hollywood and Director of Music and Sacred Arts at Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church in Glendale.
\nWritten by Susan Morgenstern and Barbara Minkus.
\nSanta Monica Playhouse programs are supported in part by grants from the City of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Arts Commission and by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.
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