Broads

                                        Melanye Finister, MB Scallen, & Rebecca Robbins

1812 Productions, Philadelphia’s ALL COMEDY Theatre Company, is presenting Broads through February 26, 2023, at Plays and Players Theatre, 1714 Delancey Street. Curated and Directed by Jennifer Childs, Broads stars Melanye Finister, Rebecca Robbins, and Mary Elizabeth Scallen  who goes by  the name “MB”, confiding to the audience that it stands for “ more bourbon. “ This audacious One Act Revue has the three actors onstage for the entire time, allowing two of them a moment or two of respite around a bar when the third one has a solo. Broads are defined in numerous ways- “She takes up her own space. She knows what she wants.”  A tribute is paid  in song, jokes, one-liners, and vignettes to many of the world’s most influential Broads of their time. Mae West wrote books and plays and was a great Vaudeville Act. She wrote a play entitled “Sex” that had horrid reviews which only served to draw in more and more crowds of people. It ran for a year. In her diary she wrote that “good girls go to heaven but bad girls go everywhere.” Sophie Tucker, Belle Barthe, Patsy Abbot and Moms Mabley  are also part of the revue. Moms’ persona was an old woman in a nightgown with no teeth.  She recorded 24 albums including “Has Anyone Seen My Old Friend John?” after the death of JFK. Ms. Finister, Robbins, and Scallon are all  extremely talented women who can tell one-liners with skill as well as belt out a ballad. Tickets for this fun-filled revue can be purchased at 1812productions.org.