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Total Rating: 
***1/4
Opened: 
April 13, 2012
Ended: 
April 14, 2012
Country: 
USA
State: 
New York
City: 
New York
Theater Type: 
off-off-Broadway
Theater: 
Richmond Shepard Theater
Theater Address: 
309 East 26 Street
Phone: 
212-684-2690
Genre: 
Solo
Author: 
Carolann Valentino
Review: 

I saw Carolann Valentino’s show, Burnt at the Steak, the heart of which is showing us the life of a restaurant manager and all the people in her life, including her Italian mother in Texas, the customers and the wait staff. She’s a very beautiful, remarkably energetic singer/dancer comedian with super jokes and amazing clear, clean characterizations. She’s a dancin’ twirlin’ fool with great personal charm whose delineation of recognizable distinct characters is hilarious, each notched up just a tad into very funny caricatures. The characters, each clearly defined with total conviction and split-second timing by her many voices, rubber face, and amazingly flexible body, include a Texas cowgirl, a crude Italian suitor, the epitome of a drunken woman, and the best gum-chewer I have ever seen. She flirts with audience members, dances “Big Fat Daddy” with one, becomes a boxing “Rocky.” She spins, she shimmies, she's charismatic, she’s amazing-- she’s a star!

Cast: 
Carolann Valentino
Miscellaneous: 
Full Disclosure: Richmond Shepard is the proprietor of the Richmond Shepard Theater--the location of this performance.
Critic: 
Richmond Shepard
Date Reviewed: 
April 2012