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Boobs! The Musical
''Boobs! The Musical: The World According to Ruth Wallis'' is a musical revue with lyrics and music by 1950s and 1960s star Ruth Wallis. Using 20 of Wallis' songs, ''Boobs!'' tells the story of Ruth Wallis' international career and struggles in performing her naughty songs. ''Boobs! The Musical'' opened at the Triad Theater in New York City on May 19, 2003 to critical praise. ''The New York Times'' review noted that ''Boobs! The Musical'' "exudes a joyous innocence" and featured "a lot of talent onstage. The six-person cast, which also includes the talented and good-looking Kristy Cates and Robert Hunt, is expertly directed by Donna Drake and choreographed by Lawrence Leritz." ''Boobs!'' eventually transferred to Dillon's Reprise Room; by closing date it had played nearly 300 performances. It had subsequent long runs in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 2004, and in Wichita, Kansas, in 2005, with international productions beginning in New Zealand 2017. Broadway vets Lawrence Leritz was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Wallis
Ruth Wallis (January 5, 1920 – December 22, 2007) was a novelty song, novelty popular cabaret singer. Career Born Ruth Shirley Wohl in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, Wallis began her career singing jazz and cabaret standards – with such bands as Isham Jones and Benny Goodman on road tours for a couple of months; but gained fame in the 1940s and 1950s for her risqué, satirical songs, rife with double entendres that she wrote herself. She did have a mainstream hit with "Dear Mr. Godfrey," a song about Arthur Godfrey's public firing of Julius La Rosa, that reached #25 in late 1953. She sang with a studio orchestra and often took on an Accent (dialect), accent for songs about characters from other countries. Her music was occasionally featured on the Doctor Demento show in the 1970s. She started singing in lounges and cocktail bars, where she met her husband Hy Pastman. Eventually it became clear that her novelty songs, which relied mostly upon double entendres, wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |