Judy Kaye is loveable perfection as Florence Foster Jenkins, the
"opera star" who only thought she could sing. (Judy got a Tony
nom for this one.) She is matched by her costar and accompanist
Donald Corren.

I knew this show would be funny, and full of arias sung badly (I
didn't know how badly) but I didn't expect it to be such a lovely
piece of writing. This is a real play about two real people who
were far more than they appeared to be on the surface. Kaye
and Corren have great rapport, and develop a truly touching
relationship, which develops over the years.

The final scene, where Miss Jenkins sings in Judy Kaye's glorious
true voice, as she always heard herself in her mind's ear, will bring
tears to the eyes of even the most hardened soul.
OCTOBER 2006, BRENTWOOD THEATRE, WEST LOS ANGELES.

--Steven Stanley