Kelly’s “big rich” and “mellifluous baritone handled the difficult dramatic moments surreptitiously on transgender.”

“We meet Hannah performed by Michael Kelly, a big rich baritone, who is pedaling around on his delivery bike tossing newspapers on doorsteps. He shows us the soft silky blouse with a bow that he wears under his masculine windbreaker. From time to time, as he sings, he stuffs socks where his breasts should be. His wish fulfillment, the female Hannah, circles around him, sometimes sitting near and sometimes insistently hovering.”

—Read more at Concertonet.com

“the mellifluous baritone of Michael Kelly as Hannah Before.

“handled the difficult dramatic moments–the attack on her, the litany of trans people who have been murdered–as well as the many comic instances, such as a scene in the library (“To Know”), where Hannah is looking for books–surreptitiously–on “transgender.”

—Read more at BroadwayWorld.com

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