| ...it devalues the stunning contributions to musical theatre history made by Velmas in the current production, including Ute Lemper, Deidre Goodwin, Ruthie Henshall, Vicki Lewis, Caroline O'Connor, Stephanie Pope, Donna Marie Asbury, and ESPECIALLY the Tony Award winning Bebe Neuwirth. She gave, as Brantley put it, "an ecstatic benchmark performance" that was "a dancer's anatomy lesson." |
