Franco Milazzo

5 days ago | broadwayworld.com | Franco Milazzo

“Fasten your seatbelts!” cries Salty Brine at the top of the show, “it’s going to be a bumpy ride!” He’s not wrong: watching him at work is like standing in the middle of a four-way road junction and being smashed over and over by cars from every direction. In a good way. With lungs to spare, an ocean of creativity and an infectious smile that just won’t quit, this drag artiste from New York is up there with other cabaret geniuses like Reuben Kaye and Meow Meow (who returns to London next month).

1 week ago | broadwayworld.com | Franco Milazzo

Get Access To Every Broadway StoryUnlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Email:Existing user? Just click login. Would you spend over seven hours with a hundred other people in the same room playing and watching a video game where donkeys attempt to overthrow their employers?

1 week ago | broadwayworld.com | Franco Milazzo

And so another stage-to-screen musical rolls into town. Based on the only adult-rated film to win an Oscar for Best Picture, Midnight Cowboy is about the friendship between male prostitute Joe Buck and con man Rico “Ratso” Rizzo in 1960s New York. The show claims to have based the story on the original book by James Leo Herlihy but owes more to the 1969 film, not least its starting point.

1 week ago | broadwayworld.com | Franco Milazzo

Enter Your Email to Unlock This ArticlePlus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Email:Existing user? Just click login. Looking at the rise and fall of two powerful Chinese women through the vague lens of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll House probably sounded good on paper. It’s a shame then that Shanghai Dolls fails to deliver on almost every front.

2 weeks ago | broadwayworld.com | Franco Milazzo

Get Access To Every Broadway StoryUnlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Email:Existing user? Just click login. For fans of cabaret spectaculars Limbo and Cantina, Sabrage from Scott Maidment's Strut & Fret company is a welcome return to UK shores. Many who missed those shows are now discovering his fiery adult flavour of big top action that immerses the audience in sexy circus antics and jaw-dropping variety acts.