Lesli Margherita and Who’s Holiday Meets The Press

Playwright Matthew Lombardo, Lesli Margherita director Carl Andress

This morning Olivier Award winner Lesli Margherita, writer Matthew Lombardo, director Carl Andress and the cast of Who’s Holiday! met the press. The Christmas comedy in couplets, finds Lesli Margherita  playing “Cindy Lou Who” in the world premiere of The strictly limited 6 week engagement will be presented at the Westside Theatre Upstairs (407 W 43rd St, New York, NY 10036) beginning Monday, November 20th.

Lesli Margherita

The story involves a middle-aged Cindy Lou Who, now residing in a beaten down trailer in the snowy hills of Mount Crumpit. As she prepares to host a Christmas Eve party for her friends, she recalls from her own perspective that fated night when she first met the Grinch, and the strange turn of events her life has taken for the past 40 years. Lombardo’s hysterically funny, wildly irreverent, and heartfelt parody is an absolute must-see for adult theatre-goers this holiday season!

Playwright Matthew Lombardo

The Tony Award winning design team includes David Gallo (sets),  Ken Billington and Jonathan Spencer (lighting), and Jess Goldstein (costumes). Sound design will be by Bart Fasbender and wigs will be designed by Charles LaPointe. Michael Sottile provides original music and arrangements.

Director Carl Andress

Lesli Margherita is the recipient of the Olivier Award for her West End debut as Inez in Zorro The Musical.  She originated the roles of Mrs. Wormwood on Broadway and Mona Kent in Dames at Sea. Playwright Matthew Lombardo has a history of writing strong leading roles for women having penned the plays Tea at Five for Kate Mulgrew, Looped for Valerie Harper (which garnered her a Tony Award nomination) and High for Kathleen Turner.  Director Carl Andress is mostly known for directing Charles Busch plays including The Divine Sister, Die! Mommy Die! and The Third Story.

Lesli Margherita

Who’s Holiday! will play Mondays, Wednesdays through Saturday at 8PM; Saturdays at 2PM, and Sundays at 3PM and 7PM.  This Strictly Limited Engagement begins on November 20, 2017 and continues through December 31, 2017.