The cast members of Fantasy are tireless—even those who have left the show. At a recent performance I attended, host Lorena Peril pointed out former Fantasy performers and choreographers in the audience, encouraging them to dance while she sang “Proud Mary.” They all joined in, making with their best Tina Turner moves to the delight of the audience.
That, at its heart, is the joy of attending a Fantasy performance: You never know what will happen. Yes, there are the choreographed numbers (courtesy of legends like Mandy Moore and Cris Judd), but there’s an air of spontaneity hovering around the whole enterprise. Nowhere is that more apparent than when the show’s “half-time” act appears (it rotates, but always features local performers). In my case, it was comedian Shayma Tash, who had the audience howling with her impersonation of a QVC host, using a volunteer’s purse (and its contents) as the product.
But ultimately it’s the ladies who bring down the house, whether performing aerial moves on silk, romping on a bed or letting it all hang out during a high-energy “Roxanne.” This show just has it all.
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