Mario Cantone's Laugh Whore gives us the hyperkinetic whirlwind spouting observational humor at full blast - he sings, he dances, he jests. His absurd impressions of Shelley Winters, Cher, Tina Turner, Kate Smith (who remembers her?), LL Cool J, Carol Channing, Katharine Hepburn, Elvis, Ann Margaret, Liza, and others keep the audience laughing. And that's only Act One. Act Two is his takeoff on his family, and he is vivid as he portrays relatives and their foibles and mannerisms. Plus Judy Garland!
Cantone is an energy storm with a great physicality, filling the theater with his presence, as snappily directed by Joe Manatello. Add an imaginative set by Robert Brill and lighting by Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer, and it's an evening of bold, outrageous fun.
