I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change

Synopsis

The truths and myths behind relationships - from dating and waiting, to lovers and marriage; the agonies and triumphs of in-laws and newborns - even pick-up techniques of the geriatric set! This hilarious musical revue pays tribute to those who have loved and lost, to those who have fallen on their faces at the portal of romance and to those who have dared to ask...

Our Review:

4 March 2005

This delightful musical revue (book and lyrics by Joe Dipietro, music by Jimmy Roberts) has been running on Off Broadway since 1996. Very much in the unassuming, chamber-musical tradition of The Fantasticks, it's a highly entertaining – and occasionally poignant – look at various heterosexual mating-game rituals from contrasting male and female perspectives.

Rather than being a continuous story, 20 scenes present different permutations on themes of dating, sex, love and marriage. Two girls and two guys play over 60 characters in a show that has been described as 'Seinfeld set to music'.

With a background setting of a restaurant called 'Le Jardin d'Amour', Act I revolves around dating, while Act II concerns marriage, parenthood, divorce and bereavement. Cleverly structured, we see the development of relationships from the beginning (literally, with the first 'item', Adam and Eve), through courting leading on to a wedding, followed by children and in-law...

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Latest User Review

84.9.21.153) - 27 March 2005:

If you've ever been in love, or at least you think you have. Then, it is something for you - and indeed it was for me! I shamelessly fell for Mark Hilton's most adorable performance and couldn't stop smiling just imagining "a man who can actully make a phone call". I hope it comes back on the stage soon....

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