Photos by Jodie Langel. And likely as many theaters in Florida. Through a series of vignettes and songs, ILYYPNC has us experience the highs and lows of dating, love, marriage, sex, kids, and even death. The most gay we get is when one woman on a bad date wonders if she should have been a lesbian. But what woman fed up with men has not wondered that at some point in her life? There are four cast members, two women and two men who alternate with individual numbers, boy-girl, other boy-girl, girl-girl platonic , boy-boy also platonic , other boy-girl, other boy-girl, and well you get the drift.
Some of the vignettes are touching, some funny, some not funny although they are supposed to be funny, a couple were painful to sit through, and a couple were stand-outs that either resonated with us, or left a mark on us, or both.
As that old expression goes, sometimes you have to take the bitter with the sweet. Nostalgic because Langel starred for two years in its original off-Broadway production at the Westside Theatre. Each of the four has a stand-out piece that showcases their talents. It was our favorite performance of the evening. Bruno Faria was recently seen on this same stage in another musical revue. Faria is having a lot of fun hamming it up.
Attired in an orange jumpsuit, black skullcap, and handcuffs, Faria peacocks around in glorious fashion. This is the one Faria will be remembered most for on your drive home.
Or the one where Faria and Roach are at the movies, and now he regrets letting her pick it out, because he wants chainsaws instead of the Love Story plot of love and dying that she has brought them to. But there were some clinkers. Instead of sets, a projection screen is utilized to indicate location.
