Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York) Broadway Review
What I found most surprising about this modest, appealing two-person musical, whose title more or less sums up what happens, was the reaction to it on the night I attended – the ecstatic cheers at the start; the mobbed stage door afterwards. The show’s social media marketing campaign won over a couple waiting at the stage door, they told me, but they also just liked the show. I liked it as well, but I might be doing the musical a disservice by mentioning the audience enthusiasm, because it could set up misleading expectations.
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