My overall impression
A really hilarious energetic parody musical. Some really great timing, on the rapid fire jokes kept all of us belly laughing throughout, as the characters simultaneously displayed sincere passion and bizarre genre-busting satire a la “family guy” (an audience fav was the lampooning of science cliches: eg as a character walked off stage “mumble, mumble, science word, mumble.”) The musical both took itself completely seriously and poked self-reflexive fun all in the same breath, which made for a really unpretentious, fun time. While the limitations of the acoustic space have been documented in other reviews, I was really impressed with the quality of the music and the amount of really smart jokes packed into the songs, I especially loved the songs lampooning patriotism and the “discovery” of love. And specifically the performances from Richie and his father were both inspired and hilariously idiosyncratic. Well done!
Could do with one less Blair Witch joke, though… and by that I mean none.
