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...story (such as it is) focuses on San Fransisco assistant D.A. David Corelli (Caruso), who has had some sort of relationship with Trina Gavin (Linda Fiorentino), noted psychiatrist (right) and wife of Corelli's best friend, Matt Gavin (Chazz Palmintieri), the most powerful defence attorney in the city...
...plot of Falsettos revolves around Marvin (Brad Rouse), a middle aged gay man who is unwilling to sacrifice his dream of a close-knit family, no matter what the wishes of that 'family' might be. He brings together his frantic ex-wife Trina (Leslie Yahia), antisocial son Jason (Chris Terrio), and vain lover Whizzer (Michael Stone) all under one roof. Marvin's hapless efforts to fit all the pieces of his life together provide the comic energy of the first half. Flung into this house of neurotics is also Martin's less-than-stable psychiatrist, Mendel (Reese Snow...
...weirdly morbid son, and suspiciously amorous psychiatrist, is exuberantly crazy. When she belts out lines like "the only thing that's breaking up is my family...me, I'm breaking down," you believe it. Yahia has a compelling presence and strong voice which underscore the inner strenght of Trina. Trina doesn't break down; she survives...
...madcap emotional fumbling of the first act gives way to a more serious, slightly more disillusioned second act. Two years have passed; Trina and Mendel are married; Whizzer and Martin have broken up; and the "lesbians from next door" are always running in and out. It is the year of Jason's Bar Mitzvah, and the characters all seem to hope that this one pivotal event will smooth over their unstable lives. Whizzer, however, shows up again, complicating everything by getting back together with Martin, aggravating Trina, and, finally, falling mysteriously...
...second act, dealing with more serious topics, is not so joke-filled as the first, but its satire of the Eighties is bitingly funny. Mendel most openly condemns the new decade: "half my patients/yuppie pagans/modeled on this/Ronald Reagan" Yet he and Trina seem to be living quite the yuppified Laura-Ashley-decorated lifestyle. In this act, real love develops between Whizzer and Martin, as does some of the loveliest music of the show. In these quiet, poignant moments, the cast's talent for handling emotion with delicacy and without melodrama and their collective vocal strength, is most clearly showcased...