Titus McCall submitted his review for Who’s Holiday on the New York Theater Guide website. He concluded:
Why was this written? Why was that done?
It doesn’t seem fittin’, ‘Cause this show’s no fun.
Boo-WHO.
I laughed out loud. Then the New York Times weighed in with a more positive view: “the show belongs to the evergreen subgenre of holiday offerings that proffer to dirty up Christmas while ultimately reveling in its spirit.” Wow. Despite being impressed by the word evergreen as an adjective for subgenre, I had to know. Which review was right?
I attended Who’s Holiday to hear them play their pantookas.
I hoped it would make me laugh something Bazookas.
(Get It? Bazooka Joe?)
If you thought that joke was lame, so is this show.
Cindy Lou Who, impregnated, now a trailer trash ho.
Despite the extraordinary presence of Lesli Margherita (Matilda, Dames At Sea, NYMF’s Matthew McConaughey vs. the Devil) as the older, cocktail swilling, cigarette smoking, drug taking Cindy … you get the picture. On the plus side, the set was nearly perfect. That’s not enough to recommend this underbaked comedy with its ill-advised, dreadfully dull poignancy at the end. Boo Who indeed. As far from evergreen as the metal trees in A Charlie Brown Christmas.