Cyn tries to replace a vanished Gray with chipper look-alikes. The impossible itch to replace people is a theme here. The only patriot in sight is Cyn's daughter, Gloria. Director Sean Mathias and designer Derek McLane have staged Evan Smith's retro script in a deliberately operatic fashion. A scene is indicated by only a couch or a table or a bed, hit by a bolt of light.
Long lights illuminate women in jewels suffering on the floor.
What you see on stage resembles a Cocteau play. What you hear sounds like a Warner Bros. script turned gay. The song stylings of Steven Polito, as a drag singer, are witty and moving as they advance the theme of the play, which is, I guess, a meditation on the glories and dangers of self-dramatization. Inc. All rights reserved.