‘Cabaret: Sounds of Boy Bands’ pays tribute to ‘90s acts
Olney OutdoorsThrough Sept. 3Olney Theatre Center2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Rd., Olney, Md.Olneytheatre.org“Cabaret: Sounds of Boy Bands” (Aug.
18) $15-$40 As a kid in Upper Marlboro, Jimmy Mavrikes was obsessed with ‘90s boy band NSYNC and JC Chasez — not Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass, or one of the others — was his indisputably favorite member. “NSYNC was definitely an awakening for me,” says the award-winning out actor. “I was too young to understand, but I did know that watching five really cute guys sing and dance in sync if you will, was something exciting.” What’s more, there was a connection.
The fathers of the teen idol and Mavrikes played softball together; and according to family lore, once while seated in the bleachers, Mavrikes’ mother passed Chasez’s little sister a tissue.
Heady stuff for a young super fan. And now, all these years later, Mavrikes, 32, is singing some of the band’s songs in “Cabaret: Sounds of Boy Bands,” a tribute to the Backstreet Boys, NSYNC and Boyz II Men, and 98 Degrees at Olney Theatre on Aug.
