Vol. 5, No. 5, May 2008
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Pop Goes Broadway
Deborah Gibson appears at Harrah’s May 4-24. Tickets are $25.
With the musical revue Pop Goes Broadway, Deborah “Don’t-Call-Me Debbie” Gibson bridges the gap between her early years as a teenage pop artist and her latter-day career as one of Broadway’s busiest leading ladies (she’s played Belle in Beauty and the Beast and both Velma and Roxie in Chicago).
When Gibson’s show comes to Harrah’s for a three-week run, expect ’80s pop hits—“Only in My Dreams,” “Shake Your Love” and “Lost In Your Eyes”—juxtaposed with show tunes and plenty of dancing.
At 16, Gibson burst on to the pop charts as the youngest person ever to write, produce and perform a No. 1 single, “Foolish Beat.” At her peak she sold more than 16 million albums worldwide. Her album Electric Youth went triple platinum, and she was named an ASCAP Songwriter of the Year.
Then little Debbie grew up, but unlike many a former kid star, she did not crash and burn. Instead, she headed to the Great White Way to play Eponine in Les Miserables, did road tours of Funny Girl and Grease, and took on the star-making role of Sally Bowles in Cabaret, a performance that earned raves. Anticipate both the sweet and sultry sides of Deborah Gibson in this exuberant revue.
