I got to the show early and was advised that the previous show was running half an hour late, then twenty minutes later we were advised that there was a technical problem and there was a ten minute wait. Suffice to say we got in about 25 minutes after the intended start time.
Now, I was fooled by the placing of this show into the comedy section and the inclusion of the voice of Harry Shearer as part of the cast, into thinking that this was going to be a comedy. Sadly it turned out it was more of a melodrama into the lives of a couple of lesbians who had broken up and maybe getting back together, with a few comic moments.
The show centres around an actress who is auditioning for the part in a stage play about lesbians, being directed by a famous (male) film director (Harry Shearer) who apparently thinks he’s a lesbian and wants to try something on the stage. All the cast on stage are female and gay and playing gay characters performing roles usually found in porn movies of the 70s (the plumber/pizza delivery boy etc). The ladies were attractive and cavort around in their underwear and get a little raunchy at times but the melodrama is the overriding theme as the main couple go through all the together/apart/fight/reconciliation/separation etc.
There were some entertaining parts in this production but I must admit that this was more for the young soap opera loving generation and, attractive cast members notwithstanding, it did little for me. Plus I think I was meant to know the music used extensively throughout but it was generally a case of ‘hmmm, that sounds familiar…’.
See this show if you love stories of love and betrayal in New York between modern lesbians but don’t expect more than a few moments of comedy amongst the angst.
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