Bath House: The Musical
Bath House: The Musical
By Tim Evanicki and Ester Daack
Directed by Jay Falzone
Orange Venue, Orlando International Theater Fringe Festival, Orlando, FL</strong>
“Bathhouse the Musical” returns with new songs, new plot, and a New York traveling cast. Last seen in 2006, Evanicki and Daack have been working hard to achieve overnight success with this gay analog of Menopause, the Musical. The cast has changed, and a more detailed romance between Billy (Dick Baker) and Maurice (Gaetano Pugliese) fills up the new minutes. They meet on the internet as well as face to face, but it’s the magic of digital mystery that brings them together. Do laptops work in the steam room?
The added songs are as good as the originals, and the arrangements are always eye catching. “Clickin’ for Dick” is a Cotton Eyed Joe line dance, while “Lonely Love Song” looks 100% Broadway. There’s actually a bittersweet lost love song near the end in the heartfelt “Unlove Me” which finishes off the ill stared lovers. None of the new material has that “stapled on” feeling so many expanded shows achieve. The choreography and dancing are excellent, but the singing was weak and scratchy more often than not. Still, this is a very long fringe show and the seemingly endless gay parody of pop songs finale could easily have been dropped.
For more information please visit www.bathhousethemusical.com or
http://www.myspace.com/bathhousethemusialThis show is presented as part of the 17th Orlando International Fringe Theater Festival. Information on times, tickets, and venue location my be found at http://OrlandoFringe.org/ <p
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