Ginger Twinsies played at the Orpheum Theatre, beginning performances in July, and closing on October 26, 2025.
By Elazar Abrahams
As we approach the end of the year, I find myself with a large backlog of articles that still need to be written. See, I got married this September, and while 2025 has been incredible because of that, it also meant that TV and City took a backseat. That’s valid, but there’s so much great entertainment out there that deserves to be shared with our readers. On top of that, I also accepted screeners and press tickets for a number of projects. Those perks come with the expectation that this site will be covering them, and I feel quite bad about that. Many of the shows and movies have long since premiered, and the theatrical productions closed as scheduled. Still, it feels only right to sit down, put pen to paper (or keyboard to screen, rather) and get these pieces out into the world. May 2026 bring more great times and excuses, and more good art into all our lives.
One of the first reviews I fell behind on was the off-Broadway comedy Ginger Twinsies, which is a shame because it’s one everyone should have tried to catch during its limited run.
Ginger Twinsies is an Off-Broadway parody of the 1998 movie The Parent Trap, a cultural touchstone for 90s kids and Lindsay Lohan fans everywhere. It lampoons the absolute ridiculousness of the film for 80 minutes straight, starting aggressively silly, and never letting up.
It’s zany in the way that makes you feel like the show was designed by someone who can quote the movie by heart. It comes from a place of love.
The immediate, undeniable, can’t-miss hook is the “twins.” In the movie, the entire shtick is that Lohan is playing both twin girl protagonists, allowing the characters to swap places without their divorced parents noticing. Here, our two leads are Russell Daniels and Aneesa Folds as Annie and Hallie. Daniels is a white man, and Folds a black woman. On stage, they are treated as identical. As the show goes on, that conceit somehow only gets funnier. And honestly, at the end of the night, your brain kind of accepts them as twins.
The script is exactly what the crowd wants from this kind of thing, big and shameless, with tons of pop culture references beyond just Parent Trap bits. It’s also a very actor-forward piece, which makes sense in a small theater. Everyone seemed like they were having fun, and the comedic timing was on-point all around. A personal highlight for me was seeing Grace Reiter in the cast. If you know her from Instagram, you already know she has the kind of comedic presence where one exaggerated look can be a punchline.
But the true, undisputed highlight of Ginger Twinsies is Meredith. If you are a Parent Trap fan, you understand that the character Meredith Blake has taken on a life of her own. She is the villain of the movie, but she is also the icon. In this show, Meredith gets a shot at redemption, and her scenes got the biggest laughs, for sure.
Hopefully this year’s downtown production isn’t the last we’ve seen of Ginger Twinsies.
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