Trisha Paytas’ Big Broadway Dream

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by Kelsey Fox and Simon Henriques

St. James Theatre - Broadway

directed by Skylar Fox
choreography by Sarah Meahl
production design by Caite Hevner
costume design by Sarafina Bush
lighting design by Cory Pattak
sound design by Joshua D. Reid

photography by Rebecca J Michelson

video from Playbill

Press:

"As Paytas hoofed and belted her way through the finale — a medley of Broadway hits, including “Whatever Trisha Wants” from Damn Yankees and “SkimbleTrish the Railway Trish” from Cats, it was impossible not to cheer her on. Paytas toiled away in the content mines for well over a decade in search of fame and has come out on the other side triumphant. By the end of the show, as I watched the ensemble drape Paytas in the multicolored coat from Joseph that inspired her Broadway obsession, the guy behind me echoed exactly what I had been thinking: “Why was that so beautiful? Why did I actually cry?"

-E.J. Dickson, The Cut