Reviewed by Tony Annicone

The Roaring 20’s are alive and well at Reagle Music Theatre’s 51st season opener “Mame.” This musical version was originally titled “My Best Girl”, which became a hit song in the show. “Mame” is based on the 1955 fictional novel Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis and a 1956 play starring Rosalind Russell. The musical version by Jerry Herman opened on Broadway on May 24, 1966, ran for 1,508 performances. It starred Angela Lansbury and Bea Arthur who both won Tony Awards for their roles as Mame and Vera. Mame Dennis is the leading character, who lives a wild and carefree life in 1920’s New York until she unexpectedly becomes the guardian of her ten year old nephew, Patrick when her snooty brother passes away.

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