Heart Conditions; Theater Review; I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
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By Act II, the fear of ending up alone has led Man and Woman "scared straight to the altar." But married life presents new opportunities for frustration and miscommunication. In trying to carve out time for passion, beleagured parents navigate an obstacle course as complex as a tango. "We played with Play-Doh and Nintendo / We watched Dumbo to the end, oh / Now it's time for fun that's rated X." Despite the headaches, a husband wonders about his bathrobe-clad wife, "Shouldn't I Be Less in Love With You?" and wistfully finds the answer is "No."
Kathryn Markey stood out as the ensemble's strongest performer for her supple, powerful singing and delicious comic timing. She made "Always a Bridesmaid" a hilarious highlight, boldly wearing a fuchsia-and-teal gown that looked left over from a Gone With the Wind-themed drag ball. She archly relished the song's outlandish rhymes, such as "taffeta / laugh at ya" and "velourish / whorish." In the "Marriage Tango," Markey proved inhibition-free as the horny housewife, strutting confidently in a red corset and orange boa (worn over a flannel shirt and sweats) and belting out the refrain: "I'm married, and I'm going to have sex!"See the full content of this document
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Heart Conditions; Theater Review; I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
Man and Woman are irreconcilably different animals. This fact throws a giant monkey wrench into the question of "intelligent" design, unless God also meant to fashion from Adam's rib the world's oldest running joke: creatures who are helplessly attracted yet are "e...
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