Who’s Holiday! starring Lesli Margherita

The insanely talented Lesli Margherita stars in Who’s Holiday! a one-person show that looks at the Dr. Seuss character Cindy Lou Who forty years after she first met The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. The play was written by Matthew Lombardo (Looped) and was written in rhyme to mirror the original story.

Parents should note this is an adult Cindy Lou Who – expect raunchiness and double-entendres as this montage makes perfectly clear.

Margherita won an Olivier Award for her role as Inez in Zorro the Musical. She originated the role of Mrs. Wormwood in Tim Minchin‘s Matilda the Musical. She also appeared in Dames at Sea.

Who’s Holiday! was performed off-Broadway in 2017 and garnered Margherita a Drama Desk Award for Best Solo Performance.

Elisabeth Vincentelli, writing in the New York Times, said of her performance, “More happens, but it is almost besides this hourlong production’s point, which is to watch the brassy, very funny Ms. Margherita strut her stuff in the designer Jess Goldstein’s festive holiday get-up.

“She expertly milks the many double entendres and profane limerick-like rhymes, but this cabaret regular is equally comfortable ad-libbing. (After breaking into a rap at the Sunday matinee, she rasped “I’m out of breath” and reached for a cigarette). She also belts a mean ‘Blue Christmas.’”

There is no charge to watch the show.

Donations to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS are encouraged. If you’ve ever been to a Broadway show during the holidays you are probably familiar with the red buckets that cast members have in their hands in theater lobbies at the end of a performance. Those buckets collect funds to help those in the theatre community with housing, food, medicine and more. In the absence of shows this year, BC/EFA is hoping for on-line donations.

Photo: Lesli Margherita in Who’s Holiday! (Photo courtesy BC/EFA)