As imported ringers go, Vicki Lewis continues to be a welcome visitor to the Maltz Jupiter Theatre. The 5-foot-1 “bundle of dynamite” – to borrow a phrase from her current triumph in Gypsy – has won over audiences here in such unlikely roles as the pushy title matchmaker in Hello, Dolly! and comic villainess Miss Hannigan in Annie. But neither performance quite prepared us … [Read more...]
For actress Lewis, it’s her turn to play Mama Rose
She has appeared on Broadway in revivals of Chicago and Damn Yankees, and can be heard in countless animated films from Finding Dory to TV’s Rugrats. But for audiences at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Vicki Lewis is the big-voiced, pint-sized actress who takes on such unlikely starring roles as matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi in Hello, Dolly! and crabby orphanage matron Miss … [Read more...]