Pinoy creates Meryl Streep play
04/02/2011
LOS ANGELES – Sold out since 2009, the popular play “Streep Tease” is a tribute to actress Meryl Streep.
The brains behind the show is Filipino Roy Cruz.
Cruz, a former writer for ASAP, Martin Nievera, and Tessie Tomas back in the Philippines, came up with the idea of “Streep Tease” during his stand-up routine.
“When I do the ‘Devil Wears Prada’ with a Filipino accent, which is my real accent, to a lot of non-Filipino audience, to them it’s funny so I took it as a cue and 'oh ok, I got something going on here,' so I decided to expand that idea,” recalled Cruz.
From “Silkwood” to “Out of Africa”, “Doubt” and “Mama Mia”, “Streep Tease” features an all-male cast playing Meryl Streep roles, but it’s not a drag show.
“There’s a time and place for drag. Sometimes it waters down the sincerity of your tribute if it’s in drag,” he said.
“We’re using her words and the roles she’s made famous and doing our own spin on them,” explained actor Ron Morehouse.
The current run of “Streep Tease” will continue until May at Bang Studios.
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