MARGUERITE – Review by MaryAnn Johanson
Very loosely inspired by amateur opera signer Florence Foster Jenkins — soon to be the subject of a Stephen Frears biopic starring Meryl Streep — Marguerite is a marvel, a bravura dramedy that beautifully balances tragedy and comedy to the point where you can’t be sure which is which. In Paris, 1920, socialite Marguerite Dumont (Catherine Frot) does not see the sarcasm in a review by newspaper music critic of her screeching operatic performance at a private charity event. An ardent music lover and profoundly passionate collector of theatrical costumes, sheet music, and other memorabilia, Marguerite has been deceived by all around her about the stupendously off-key awfulness of her singing. Read more>>