Booze Boys and Brownies

Running time: 98 mins

Songs, dance numbers and a road to stardom. A quirky musical where no one thinks twice before breaking out in a song, Booze Boys & Brownies is an exuberant and endearingly frank portrait of a heroine with whom you can't help but fall in love. Ambitious, sassy, and a die-hard sentimental creature, young actress Vivian (writer-director Veronica Mannion) has no qualms admitting she would prefer a musical comedy to life. Recently arrived in Los Angeles, she is busy working on her one-woman stage show, running to auditions to catch her big break, navigating past and present romantic relationships, and keeping up her overall kooky lifestyle with the help of friend Amber and an assortment of Tinseltown personalities. Based on true events, Booze Boys & Brownies is bursting with zany characters, self-irony, bizarre musical numbers, catchy songs, and a heady mix of phantasmagoria and all-too-real life. - Liva Petersone