The Broadway debut of the Drama Desk Award-winning comedy created by Eugene Pack, is now officially playing until the 24th August.
Instinct Magazine: “Celebrity Autobiography may not be groundbreaking theater, but it doesn’t really want to be. It’s silly, nostalgic, messy, fun — the theatrical equivalent of flipping through old tabloids with very funny friends.”
Deadline: “The evening had its moments, from Dolly Parton’s diet advice (“What’s more disgusting, spitting out your food or being a lard-ass?”), Hoffman nailing Oprah’s whisper to a shout delivery, Hiller’s Cher waving off compassion with “I have my own set of problems.” But mostly the show just feels too small – in scope, ambition and laughs – to fill a Broadway venue.”
Theatre Mania: “More than just a hilarious guilty pleasure, Celebrity Autobiography strikes at the unknowability of history, which is really just a record of the PR that sticks.”
New York Theatre Guide: “And the grand finale — a reenactment of a scandalous chain of old Hollywood love affairs involving Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Debbie Reynolds, and Eddie Fisher — is the most capital-T Theatrical part of the whole enterprise, with a full cast of characters and soapy melodrama galore that comes closest to befitting its massive venue. I ended up laughing a lot in those last 30 minutes. I just wished the show didn’t save its best material for its last chapters.”
Talkin’ Broadway: “What I grew to understand from these particular performances is that it is not the material that makes the comedy work. After all, none of the celebs being roasted wrote their autobiography with the expectation that it would be made fun of on a Broadway stage. Indeed, if you pay attention to the words being read aloud, you’ll see not only egos on parade, but also lots of insecurity that lies beneath the celebrities who are being roasted.”
Cititour.com: “In the end, “Celebrity Autobiography” also serves as a cautionary tale: Future memoirists may think twice now before putting pen to paper. I immediately went home and shredded all of my scribblings. You probably should too!”
New York Stage Review: “Aside from embarrassing the disclosed celebrities, the yuk-a-minute enterprise has another perhaps-unintentional, perhaps purposeful goal: to put an end to celebrity autobiography once and for all.”
One Minute Critic: “The show isn’t without its chuckles and creativity as Pack and co-director Dayle Reyfel splice together similarly themed subjects. Jackie Hoffman’s dry take on Oprah Winfrey’s chai tea obsession was brilliant. Later, the he-said-she-said account of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher’s marriage and the affair with Elizabeth Taylor that blew the whole thing up proves just how subjective memory can be.”
To find out more about the show visit: https://celebrityautobiography.com/