“Rock Bottom”: Rollicking And Wonderful
I heartily concur with Charles Isherwood’s review of “Rock Bottom,” which has just opened at the Public Theater’s Joe’s Pub, in New York, starring Bridget Everett (pictured): it’s ‘a blast of brash vulgarity and true rock ’n’ roll transgression. Who says the city no longer produces artists who challenge, provoke and even, on occasion, dare to disgust? Ms. Everett, a downtown cult figure, has a big voice, a big body and a mighty capacity for testing boundaries — both her own and the audience’s. Now she’s hitched herself to some more uptown folk: the songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, whose credits include “Hairspray†and the backstage-on-Broadway television series “Smash.‒ The production runs through Oct. 11.
