Cindy Lou Who is all grown up in this raunchy romp by Matthew Lombardo. The last time we saw Cindy Lou she was two, wearing a onesie and watching the Grinch steal her family's Christmas tree. Now she's middle aged and living quite an unexpected life.
Cindy Lou Who is now a middle aged woman living on a trailer on Mt. Crumpit.
If you have read "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" then you know Mt. Crumpit is where the Grinch used to live. Here he is nowhere in sight, but Cindy Lou Who is here to tell the audience what happened to him (and to her) in the years since the events in the book took place.
Once Cindy Lou turned eighteen she and the Grinch got together. This is completely unexpected, and slightly uncomfortable especially the way it is written.
The show is 75 minutes long and Cindy Lou Who just out of jail has a lot to tell the audience and Lesli Margherita in the role of Cindy Lou Who handles it incredibly well.
Margherita has to carry the entire show on her shoulders, but she is absolutely brilliant. She is hilarious and riffs off of the audience really well. When the show does have serious moments she transitions easily and pulls at the heartstrings. She also sings and raps and does both greatly.
The show is directed by Carl Andress and he does a great job of balancing the comedic with the dramatic while keeping the spirit of Christmas.
It took a while for me to get fully invested in the show as the beginning is not really my kind of humor, but once the Grinch was out of the picture I was interested in Cindy Lou Who's story and was drawn into the life she was now leading.
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