Stage Review

Starr Struck (1999)

EW's GRADE
B-

Details Opening Date: Mar 28, 1999; Genres: Comedy, Musical

Are we already so jaded that a full-fledged musical comedy about the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal can feel stale? Uh-huh. Too many of Alan Jay Glueckman's wildly uneven lyrics seem like last summer's Leno one-liners reset in rhyme; think a slightly naughtier Capitol Steps. Yet the smirksome hokum is rendered nearly irresistible by a hopped-up cast having raving good fun — none more than Tricia Leigh Fisher (of Heidi Fleiss TV-movie fame) as ruthlessly perky Monica, who dreams of ''going down on history.'' B-

Originally posted Mar 12, 1999 Published in issue #476 Mar 12, 1999 Order article reprints

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