Press
"For fans of satire and humor, THE REVUE is a perfect evening out. "
The Revue (Cabaret Edition) Review – Not Everything Should be a Musical - Splash Magazines, September 21, 2022
BWW Review: Stop the Music! Misguided Musicalized Movies light up The Revue, at Colony Theatre - Broadway World, March 23, 2022
Review: Clever The Revue Skewers the Musicals Industry - Edge Media Network, March 22, 2022
The Revue Review - NOHO Arts District, March 21, 2022
The Revue Review - Stage Raw, March 21, 2022
"The original concept was to have a night of 'movies that should not be musicals.' I needed a framing device so you could go from one to another without connecting the stories. This led to the modular idea."
Jim Dooley’s The Revue Mashes Up Movies Into Musicals - Broadway World, March 15, 2022
The Revue Reinvents The Modern Musical - Digital Journal, March 11, 2022
"The production will introduce a new structure concept of a “Dynamic Plot,” assuring that no audience will actually see the same story twice. In the show, a director and producer audition the craziest musicals ever conceived in an effort to save their beloved theater from ruin with a sellout show. (Think: Jaws: The Musical as if Meredith Wilson was the composer). The opening and ending numbers are fixed scenes, however the body of the show will be completely malleable with over 50 different “modules” in three parts. Thus, a virtually unlimited permutation of plots can occur. If the audience needs an intermission, they can select that module as well. "
Press Release - Performing Arts Live, February 15, 2022
"The production team is keeping the song list out of the Playbill so that everything remains a surprise for the audience, but no movie—or composer—is safe from the skewer. Dooley's written more than 50 songs for The Revue, with one song per fictional musical adaptation—just a 2-minute taste of what each travesty might sound like."
Emmy-Winning Composer Jim Dooley Premieres The Revue With an Eye Towards Off-Broadway Transfer - Playbill.com, February 3, 2022
The Revue Comes to the Colony Theatre in March - Broadway World, January 31, 2022