Recommended Cabaret: JASON GRAAE: GRAAETEST HITS – THE SEQUEL! (Jason Graae at El Portal Theatre, Oct. 21 only)

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by Tony Frankel on October 1, 2022

in Theater-Los Angeles

THIS GUY REALLY DOES DESERVE
AN EXCLAMATION POINT

What can I say about musical comedy actor and funny man Jason Graae? Well, first, his last name is pronounced “Grah” but his latest one-man cabaret is called Graaetest Hits — The Sequel!, which means we will still be guessing how to pronounce his last name. But what’s in a name? Taking from the play Boys in the Band, we could call him a bon vivant, racanteur, pig. From the original cast of Forever Plaid to touring as The Wizard in Wicked, to recording over 65 CDs (“over”? no one has counted?) let’s just call him “busy.” (The New York Times called him a “frisky clown” — what an opening!)

So how lucky are Angelinos that Mr. Graae will be performing his musical act (Sondheim, Jerry Herman, Cy Coleman, John Bucchino and oh so much more!) at the El Portal Theatre with Musical Director Gerald Sternbach, whom I heard is responsible for Jason’s success. Ugh, rumors. You’ll find out why the show’s title has an exclamation point. I would have attended this one-performance-only fun-a-thon on October 21, Jason, but I will be on a gay cruise, an event not dissimilar to your act! (Those exclamation points are catchy!)

Don’t miss the guy Stage and Cinema calls “The guy you can’t miss.” (!)

JASON GRAAE
Graaetest Hits – The Sequel!
El Portal Theatre’s Monroe Forum, 5269 Lankershim Blvd. in North Hollywood
Friday, October 21, 2022  at 8pm
for tickets ($30 Theatre Seating – $40 Cocktail Table Seating), call 818-508-4200 or visit El Portal

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