This time, we met the bar and waitstaff, because the crowd was teeny, though there were press there; nice. Lori has written an entire CD of songs based on 'Pat The Bunny', we met the fictional 'Bella', Amy the waitress who gets hit on a lot and Julie, the singer/CPR instructor.
There was the song about Stephen, the keypunch operator who originally wanted to be a fireman - I still get teary when I think of it.......
The musical was about Ted & Chrissie, two folks in the record business; basically, Ted produces them and Chrissie sells them. They live in Brooklyn and have a dog named Norbu. (you try rhyming 'Norbu'!) They are also expecting their first child, Casey if it's a boy, Zoe if it's a girl. Jeff is an actor who lives in Astoria with his girlfriend Marcy, and takes the N train home. What is it with the N train? Anyway, Chrissie is moody, and Ted isn't as sensitive as he could be. Chrissie isn't happy with the songs Ted's producing and wants to find 'that song' that's going to do it for them. She'll know it when she hears it..... Meanwhile, Jeff is waiting for Marcy to come home, but since she has to take the N, she's been missing for days. He writes a letter to her parents proclaiming his love, only to turn it into a letter to Marcy. The letter quickly becomes a song.......
Chrissie has thrown Ted out telling him not to return without THE song. Not knowing where to go, Ted winds up on the N. He (yes, conveniently) overhears Jeff humming to himself and writing on a pad, and knows that this is it - he convinces Jeff to write with him and let him produce the song. They toil into the night, while at home, Chrissie is eating peanuts and pickles because they happen to rhyme with the words I've just sung.
We still don't know where Marcy is, but if she were home, the song wouldn't get written.
Now it's up to Ted and Jeff to get back to Brooklyn and sing the song for Chrissie, but the N train takes so long that Chrissie ends up giving birth all by herself, to twins, Casey and Zoe. When they finally reach her, Ted and Jeff perform the song so well, even the babies love it. All is well in Brooklyn. Curtain.
As for the Styles section of the show, I've learned that when you ask for a 'decade', you should be prepared for anything. We got 1860s, which was a Civil War ballad about the loss of furniture, a Tom Jones number (hotel keys and panties!), Gospel ('The Journey Is The Reward'). I was pretty happy with this one.
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