Jinkx Monsoon Shines as Judy Garland in "End of the Rainbow" Review

Hollywood legend Judy Garland is preparing to take the stage at the infamous Talk of the Town theatre-restaurant in 1968. In her room at The Ritz Hotel, she unravels. The star’s glitz and glamour dim, and the harsh reality of what it takes to make it in Hollywood transpires. The show must go on, but Garland is fighting a whole array of demons and she would pass away the following year in London, overdosing on barbiturates. Peter Quilter’s play (with music) is genre-questioning and tonally indecisive. Former drag queen turned Broadway star  Jinkx Monsoon could have taken on the role of a lifetime, but the lack of cohesion in Rupert Hands’s direction fails her.

_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/Review-END-OF-THE-RAINBOW-Soho-Theatre-Walthamstow-20260522)._