‘The Big Gay Jamboree’ Off Broadway Review: This Show Is Even Queerer Than Its Title

This is awkward. Here’s a review of a new musical where the star of the show canceled. Since you’ve probably never heard of Marla Mindelle anyway and her stand-in Cortney Wolfson delivers a terrific performance, I can heartily recommend “The Big Gay Jamboree” with only that tiniest of reservations: I didn’t see Mindelle. This delightfully dirty new musical had its world premiere Sunday at the Orpheum Theatre.

Mindelle may have missed the preview I saw, but she’s all over “Jamboree,” having co-written the book with Jonathan Parks-Ramage and the songs with Philip Drennen. She is also a major force in the equally bonkers musical “Titanique,” which continues its long run elsewhere off-Broadway.