Hamilton Spectator
March 8, 2005
article written by Gary Smith
Want to pretend you’re in New York?
Maybe in the fabled Oak Room of the classy old Algonquin Hotel, watching some sophisticated caberet show?
You don’t need to spend next month’s mortgage. As little as 20 bucks will get you in. Two 10s will buy a ringside seat in the Studio at Theatre Aquarius. That’s where Sharron Matthews and George Masswohl are singing their hearts this week.
What You Don’t Know, a terrific little cabaret show that had its genesis at Tallulah’s Cabaret in Toronto, is delirious entertainment. Masswohl and Matthews, Hamilton-born entertainers who’ve played Stratford and New York, have come home with a mavellous love song to musical theatre.
In the course of 90 minutes or so, this captivating duo sings the socks off songs from mostly failed Broadway shows. and believe me, the songs are quite brilliant, even if the shows they punctuated failed to make the grade.