Show: Full Frontal: A Tale of Love and Lobotomies
Company: Zanzibar Productions
Venue: UofM Rarig Center Proscenium
Die Roll: 5
This show was an intriguing mix of historical comment and quirky romance. It was also inconsistent throughout. The acting had high points (Dan Linden, Jennifer Allton, and Lauren Wills), and low points (I won't name names). The rest of the cast was competent.
The same can be said about the script. Some scenes were good. Others terrible. The rest... somewhere in the middle there.
One brilliant moment: a spontaneous song sung by a surgeon driven to try new procedures for fun. Sadly, it's the only song in the show.
Really, I think the biggest flaw with this show was the directing. Certain things that ought to have been clever (an self-aware reference to the earlier song & the ending) were treated badly & staged ineffectively. Really, the whole show was a mess staging-wise. Many of the scene changes could have been avoided by reconfiguring how the blocking was handled.
TEN WORD SUMMARY: Psychiatrist with new toy damages brains of characters in love.
Rating: d8 - "Not Bad, Not Great"
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