Groundhog Day, The Musical soars. It’s a show about déjà vu that I suspect will feel totally fresh and new every night.
INTERVIEW: Jenna on The Dressing Room Project - 10/31/18
INTERVIEW: Jenna on Smolls in the City - 11/8/18
Jenna Rubaii is stellar as Amneris, the Egyptian princess to whom Radames has been betrothed. Her performances of “Every Story Is A Love Story” is truly captivating.
Jenna Rubaii is divine as the materialistic Princess Amneris, “first in beauty, wisdom ... and accessories,” and draws the most laughs.
Jenna Rubaii’s portrayal of Amneris is both hysterical (“My Strongest Suit”) and heartbreaking (“I Know the Truth”).
Jenna Rubaii plays the role of the consummate sinless Salome hybrid to the hilt — a rare reverberation of the b***h leading lady ingénue, in the tradition of Scarlett O’Hara but with a more generous heaping of heart and genuine soul. Her stage movements alone- her extensions and plié speak volumes in the endangered language of distilled Hepburn-esque elegance.
The lovely Jenna Rubaii plays Stephanie Mangano, Tony’s dance partner, who at the beginning of the musical is all mouth and attitude, but who projects a heartbreaking vulnerability toward the latter part of the show. Her dancing and her singing are also excellent, and she and Brandon Rubendall share a wonderful chemistry.
Green Day’s American Idiot has a great deal going for it - including a fantastic cast who give energetic turns... Jenna Rubaii lives up to her character’s name as the Extraordinary Girl with raspy vocals to match.
Thomas Hettrick and Jenna Rubaii are superb... Ms. Rubaii is instantly enchanting as Extraordinary Girl and later as Tunny’s nurse. There is more than a little sexual tension between them, and their feelings for one another wordlessly play all the way up to the third balcony.