Cat Matriarch Debra Monk on the Shows That Shaped Her Career, from Pump Boys to Curtains
Since bursting onto the Broadway scene more than 30 years ago as co-writer and star of the deliciously down-home musical Pump Boys and Dinettes, Debra Monk has happily jumped between drama and comedy, plays and musicals. (Got an 11 o’clock number? Trust her to hit a home run with it.) “I’ve had so many great roles,” says Monk, including her current one, Big Mama Pollitt in “the incredibl…