Alchemy Theatre’s production full of heart despite sticky story material
: Chelsea Lane as Madame Madeleine, Patrick Regner as Private Johnny Able, Sarah-Marie Curry as Jeunefille, and Sebastian Vitale as Genevieveprobably doesn’t make your top 20, or even 100, best musicals. In fact, you’re probably in rarified company if you even know it exists. But this unknown entity is here, revived by Alchemy Theatre .musical did not have a successful Broadway run, ending after 48 performances .
Again, this is a shaggy play from the annals of time. There are overt messages – man was made for happiness, love is the most important thing of all, be great instead of nice – but they get muddled in the wartime setting. It’s too real to be absurd, yet the situation is so disturbing it’s hard to take as reality. Thinking about any ramifications of impending death and war, or how mental health is actually portrayed, is pretty distressing.
Because the singing, oh the singing! Each voice was distinct, from soaring soprano to grounding baritone. The cast are all strong soloists with recognizable voices, but they manage to harmonize in purely pleasurable ways. Ensemble numbers like “Transformation/Déjà Vu,” where small groups wove musical themes around and through each other, made what could have been a mush-mouthed mess an electric triumph.
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