Florence Foster Jenkins var en tonedøv amerikansk ugift velhavende excentriker, der hele livet igennem drømte om at blive en stor sopran. Hun opnåede berømmelse for sin skingre og falske sang, der gav hende udsolgte koncerter med et skraldgrinende publikum. Igennem hendes pianist, den talentfulde musiker, Cosme McMoon, fortælles en underholdende og bevægende historie om deres venskab og karriere fra de tidligste dage til den udsolgte koncert i Carnegie Hall og efter. Stykket byder på vidunderlige roller for to skuespillere samt en enestående chance for den kvindelige part at bryde ud sang og der kræves ikke de store sangtalenter!
Opført på Broadway med enorm succes! “A beguiling comic jewel with a heart.” – Variety / “Life holds up a funhouse mirror to art in SOUVENIR, Stephen Temperley’s wildly funny and surprisingly touching portrait of real-life musical laughingstock Florence Foster Jenkins…a memorable illustration of the real limits of self-perception, and of the purely theatrical magic that can turn the tinniest ear to gold.” – Time Out / “Tone-deaf but utterly pitch-perfect. What is extraordinary about SOUVENIR is that Temperley has made Jenkins, for all her foolishness, a remarkably sympathetic woman. You never doubt that Jenkins has tremendous dedication to the composers whose work she massacres. Kaye makes her devotion to Art incredibly moving. To have made Jenkins a tender, poignant human being is breathtaking…A kind of loony triumph.” – NY Daily News / “[…] And laugh you will. Till you cry. SOUVENIR is downright hilarious […] ” – Boston Globe. “[…] an unexpectedly gentle and affecting comedy.” – NY Times.
