Northport Music Theater

Northport Music Theater Fame Takes a Holiday
Cassandra Danz, Mary Fulham
and Warren Leight

The story of the High Heeled Women, a four-girl cabaret act, takes place on the two worst nights of their show biz lives. Onstage, they perform a tight-knit madcap comedy revue; backstage, they struggle desperately to keep their act together. Fame is the... story of a hopeful troupe of comediennes whose dreams of success are undermined by one of its members. Clever lyrics and tunes include a notable Edith Piaf parody (“Je Ne Regrout Rien”) and a torch song in which a jilted Jane, attired in a leopard cocktail dress, yearns for the return of her lothario, Tarzan. By play’s end the High Heeled Women have lost everything, including their clothing, but they have learned the true meaning of success. The New York Times called Fame “hilarious...[with] clever lyrics... entertaining, original tunes,” and WNYC Public Radio said that Fame “puts all those zillion dollar musicals uptown to shame.