Word: lovesick
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Christopher J. Crick is an awkward Rinuccio, gamely waving his arms. His roseate idealism is undermined by the outright mockery of his family. The production requires greater nuance here--the Donati should be skeptically indulgent of his lovesick earnestness. His paean to Florence, "Firenze e come un albero fiorito," is somewhat stilted, and his voice is strained in the upper register...
...Heather's On Fire is the place to start: The first three non-instrumental songs, "Falling and Laughing," "Lovesick" and "Blueboy," exhibit a kind of boyish coyness no one has ever redone, or re-sung, or re-scripted, half as well. "Lovesick" is a love song, but "Blueboy" is--I think--a song about someone listening to a love song, except that "he wasn't listening to the words being sung," just to the tune, and the mental images it conjured up. (I've been told that "Blueboy" is a British gay porn mag. I don't care.) These songs...
...lovesick opera guy inspires seven (count 'em!) musicals...
...cast that makes the production. Benedick (Mike Efron) transforms himself convincingly from the cynical bachelor to lovesick schoolboy. He is at ease with the verse and knows how to communicate the jokes buried in the Elizabethan English to the audience without awkwardness. But he also recognizes the serious aspect of the play, resisting the temptation to eke a laugh out of every line...
...call the Singles Line. Thanks to a new dating service, lovesick Leverett residents can find soulmates at a day's notice, and the service's founder hopes it will soon be available for the entire senior class...