Matt Loehr’s magical energy
This dynamo lifts up new Maltz Jupiter production.
He has the grace of a Gene Kelly, the manic comic gifts of a Robin Williams and the cavorting abandon of a Groucho Marx. Is there anything the remarkably talented Matt Loehr can’t do?
Maltz Jupiter Theatre audiences have seen him, time and again, dazzle with his footwork and charisma in shows as diverse as “Crazy for You,” “The Music Man” and “The Will Rogers Follies.” So all they really need to know is he is back, as astonishingly entertaining as ever in the rags-to-riches “Pygmalion” knockoff, “Me and My Girl.”
F i r s t wri t t e n i n 1 937, t h e n ex humed a nd rev i s e d i n t he mid-’80s to acclaim in London and New York, “Me and My Girl” is hardly a great musical, but it is a standout vehicle for a consummate clowning song-anddance man. You will probably wince at some of the hoary jokes, grow impatient at some of the book scenes and be stumped by the motivation for some of the ensemble dance numbers, but when Loehr is in the spotlight, such quibbling becomes irrelevant. Director James Brennan, who was featured in the Broadway cast, passes along the many time-honored comic bits which Loehr executes with precision.
He plays a happy-go-lucky Cockney bloke named Bill Snibson, whose life is turned upside down by the discovery that he is actually the next Lord Hareford. At least
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