Interesting interpretation Alison. But I don't see the marketing folks at PCS convincing anyone that Storm is a celebrity. Rather PCS is capitalizing on established demand. Cabaret was sold out for almost every performance; when her headliner status at the Red Dress party was announced, tickets went through the roof; and there was a line around the block to get into a workshop reading of a new musical. Storm's celebrity status in THIS town is bonafide.

She was incredible in Hood River in Hood River last night, closing music act at the Gorge Games. I've been around a long time, including actually being at Woodstock, and her show (plus Paul Thorn at the Blues Festival) are the summer's two best for me, by far. I know talent when I see it, and Storm IS a star. Also, I've been a journalist for 35 years, and the opening sentence in the above review is .... catty. Fascinating? You mean something else, Alison, say it.

It IS fascinating, though. At what point did she go from having a successful weekly act at a mid-sized venue to being a full-fledged cult icon? As far as i can tell, it was a combo of her appearance on Supernova + local media coverage of that—and PCS has kept that ball rolling, and sort of batted it onto a new playing field. I do think it's taken some work to introduce her to the theater set--the crowds at the opening night of Cabaret looked a little different than those I remember from the Storm & the Balls shows at Dantes'. (I'm making some assumptions here, obviously. Maybe the PCS crowd is way more into Tommy Lee-hosted reality TV shows than I'm giving them credit for.)

i thought the crudeness was not that helpful to the work overall. it came off as kind of infantile and made her appear unsympathetic. i mean, yeah it's supposed to be about her nutty mythology but she shifts from fragile wounded child to hardened drug-addled sexpot as if they're distinct personas. for the play to work i think they should be more interlinked... overall i liked it though. the songs were pretty good (except that 8 mile vagina one)... it seems that pcs needs to trumpet her celebrity, however meager, as a means of creating some type of buzz or expectation but i agree w/ you that it seems a bit much

Just because u r naive about the extent of Storms fame and celebrity doesnt mean ur right. She has fans all over the USA and the world. I believe this songbirds talents would generate a large fan base where ever she choose to land. She is raunchy and real, like a new millenium Mae West or Bette Midler.
The Love Clown, A Storm fan from San Francisco