Can a ventriloquist conquer Broadway? Well, the critics emphatically said yes, and Jay Johnson did exactly that this past season , holding his own with a show that "knocks 'em out of the park" (The New York Times), earning its exclamation point and then some.
In his new comedy about finding your voice and throwing it, a dozen wildly improbably characters spring to life through his zipped lips, from a subversive monkey to a withering tennis ball. Johnson won cult status as the ventriloquist Chuck with his smart-aleck wooden sidekick Bob on the ABC sitcom Soap in the late 1970's, but he is also a master puppeteer whose puppets seem to bring him to life - rather than vice-versa.
Throughout his show, he urges respect for ventriloquism as an art, making a case with such dazzling talent that "only a dummy could resist!" (Philadelphia Inquirer).
The critics rave! This is a feel-good family event for ages 8 and up.
Caution: Strobe Effects Will Be Used In This Production.
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