By Ernest Kearney — Jamba Juice The Musical is a rough, toe-tapping little ditty, a kind of “Hey, I’ve got a barn” musical only without the “barn.” In other words, it’s perfect for the Fringe. Produced and starring Spence Frankeberger, the Fringe’s very own George M. Cohan the Barbarian, the show on stage at Studio C for HFF19, is a by the numbers boy (Frankeberger) meets girl (Olga Desyatnik) story complete with villain (Francesca Reggio) and dopey best friend (Jack De Sanz).
There are really no surprises here except the tunes by Mia Cotton (with additional music and lyrics by Frankeberger, Nick Wuthrich and Katie Dembesky) which are very solid and…well toe-tapping and Spence provides his fine voice to the tunes.
Roe Moore directs and Zoe Farmingdale provides choreography. Jamba Juice The Musical won’t be winning a Tony, but I’ll gladly give it –
A SILVER MEDAL.
(See ya next year, Spence.)
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Jamba Juice: The Musical
playing during The Fringe at
Studio C (Studio C)
6448 Santa Monica Blvd.
For Complete Show Information: http://hff19.org/6255
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