Boston Spirit Magazine blog profiles On the Town actor John Ambrosino ’01
Actor John Ambrosino ’01 has a lead role in the production of On the Town at Boston’s Lyric Stage, May 10 to June 8.
Ambrosino, who has the role of Gabey (Gene Kelly’s part in the 1949 film version of the Broadway play), tells Boston Spirit Magazine blog that while he recalls being “enthralled by the performances” when he watched the movie as a boy, no one should expect him to channel Kelly.
Chip (Phil Tayler), Ozzie (Zachary Eisenstat) and Gabey (John Ambrosino ’01) in a scene from the Lyric Theater’s production of On the Town. Photograph by Mark S. Howard.
“I’m going to stay away from the movie now and let [director] Spiro [Veloudos] lead us down the road.”
Thus far, media reviews of the play have been positive.
Ambrosino says the Lyric is taking an “awesome artistic risk” by staging the play that was first produced on Broadway in 1944. “It’s so infrequently done because it’s a difficult show to do,” says Ambrosino.
