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...show opens with two strong, bright numbers. The performers have an energy that audience cannot help but catch. Pier Carlo Talenti, Linda Doctoroff and Greg Schaeffer are obviously having a lot of fun with the first number, "Me and My Town." Doctoroff is sultry as she belts outs the lyrics and engages the audience by bantering with the other performers. Talenti and Schaeffer remain onstage ending the number with an up-tempo duet. Jenny Giering follows them, singing "The Glamorous Life...
Doctoroff, and then Talenti, are each showcased nicely in numbers like "Goodbye for Now," and "Losing My Mind." They each handle the grandiose, sweeping ballads well, but Talenti deserves special recognition. His rendering of "Losing my Mind" is a delicate and effective outpour of angst...
...Like That" also leads well into Talenti's introspective number, "We Are Not Alone." Talenti nicely avoids being overly precious as he pours out his heart to a stuffed Bugs Bunny. He is joined later in the number by the other three performers, until there are four singing in medley. The cast then segues into "Our Time", a big-as-life finale...
Bruce (Pier Carlo Talenti) has a problem. His relationship with his gay lover, Bob (Andres Irlando), isn't satisfying, so he places a personal ad in the hopes of meeting a nice female companion. Prudence (Patricia Goldman) answers the ad, but becomes a bit disconcerted when Bruce openly admires her breasts, announces that he is bisexual and cries at the first sign of rejection. The initial encounter ends badly, and both rush to their analysts in an effort to find out what went wrong...
...actors do a capable job with the material they have: Talenti manages to be both wimpering and endearing, and Goldman falls to pieces well, tugging at her hair and fidgeting in her seat as she tries to escape the lunacy around...