;;;;;;;;; ;;;; ;;; ;;;;: Brynn O’Malley, Rob McClure,
Tony Danza, David Josefsberg and the company; Danza
and O’Malley; Josefsberg and a chorus of Elvises; and
Danza and McClure.
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Danza romantically strums with ease.) And the big brassy
numbers are classic Broadway, with plenty of jazz hands for
everyone—the dashing Danza included.
And you’d be forgiven for equating Danza with Frank Sinatra:
He’s suave (and just the right amount of sinister), croons a
beautiful (and funny) love song or two, and can soft-shoe with
the best of them. Seeing him so debonair, fitted in tailored
suits, is worth the price of admission on its own.
The character of Tommy “is the bad guy,” Danza, a New
York native whom you may know best from television’s Taxi and
Who’s the Boss, told Arrive. “And I have to make him likable.”
He does, in spades. (Get it?) The New York Times said: “When
he sings, in the show’s most irresistible ballads, he sustains the
same sense of hot-and-cold steel wrapped in velvet.”
The rest of the players fill out a fine full house. McClure’s
comic timing is superb, and his opening number, “I Love Betsy,”
sets the tone for the wonderful roller coaster of song styles
to come. You’ll be humming O’Malley’s “Betsy’s Getting
Married” all the way to the church. And the smaller roles
bring way more than a chuckle of joy and an admiration of
awe: Matthew Saldivar kills it as Tommy’s sidekick Johnny
Sandwich (it used to be focaccia); David Josefsberg is a
pitch-perfect emcee and Elvis.
Waiting out the dreary doldrums of winter in New York is
the perfect time to take a trip to Vegas, which, in one bouncy
number, lounge singer Josefsberg sings is “the land where
dreams come true.” On the stage, this is also the musical
where your dreams on Broadway come true: to see a show
that revels in all its old-school glory.
Just ask the chorus of Elvises. They’ll sing its praises
from anywhere.
Behind the scenes
at Honeymoon in Vegas
DID YOU KNOW?
1
Rob McClure
made his
Broadway debut
in 2002’s I’m
Not Rappaport,
co-starring Judd
Hirsch and Ben
Vereen. A two-time Barrymore
Award winner, he
received a Tony
nomination for
his much-lauded
portrayal of The
Little Tramp in
Chaplin in 2013.
3
On opening night,
Danza’s Taxi alums
Danny DeVito, Judd
Hirsch, Carol Kane,
Marilu Henner, James
Burrows, Christopher
Lloyd, Rhea Perlman
and co-creator James
L. Brooks were in
the audience, and
shared a table at the
cast party afterward.
“Those are the people
I started with,” Danza
told Vulture. “And
so, for me, it was an
incredible thing to
have them here.”
2
The show
premiered at
the Paper Mill
Playhouse in
Millburn, N.J.,
to rave reviews.
Danza told Arrive,
“I got the New York
Times review I’ve
been chasing for
40 years, and now
I’ve got to live up to
that. God forbid The
Times says it was
better in Jersey.”
The Times did not.
Its Broadway review
was a rave.
