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It Shoulda Been You,” the musical comedy making its regional debut at Stages St. Louis, stars two of its favorite performers, Zoe Vonder Haar and Kari Ely, as the mothers of the bride and groom at a posh New York wedding.
Nyeither woman is happy about the marriage, but each tries to be pleasant (sort of). And each gets a terrific solo in which to reveal her not-so-secret feelings.
As the bride's controlling, tactless, Jewish mother, Vonder Haar relishes the thrill of transforming blunt insults into slyly veiled digs in “Nice.” As the groom's possessive, alcoholic, gentile mother, Ely vents her frustration about the match in the oh-so-revealing “Where Did I Go Wrong?”
Like the show itself — book and lyrics by Brian Hargrove; music and concept by Barbara Anselmi — both numbers trade in stereotypes. But those stereotypes are still good for laughs, just as they were in the 1922 hit “Abie's Irish Rose.” (“It Shoulda Been You” is its direct descendant.) But the predictable jokes give way to some big surprises for both families.
Directed and choreographed by Stephen Bourneuf, the Stages production has a nice surprise, too: Claire Manship's performance as the bride's older sister, Jenny.
New to Stages, Manship is a charmer as a loving, capable young woman without whose care the elaborate wedding could never have come together. But people — including her mother — tend to take Jenny for granted, mainly because she's overweight. Her beautifully modulated performance could suit a much more serious play — until she lets go in the sensational “Jenny's Blues.” At that point, you understand why Manship belongs in musical theater.
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There is more comedy from Edward Juvier as a prescient wedding planner and from Erik Keiser and Jessie Hooker as the best man and Jenny's co-maid of honor. They deliver “Love You Till the Day,” a smart parody of overblown toasts. Stacie Bono and Jeff Sears make an attractive bride and groom, with Zal Owen adding a sweet turn as the guy the bride's parents wanted her to marry.
But this show has its failings — not in terms of production but in terms of its own structure. First of all, there's a hole in the plot big enough to drive a truck through. It's wrong to give too much away, so let's just say the attempt to plaster it over with a lot — and I mean a lot — of dialogue just makes matters more confusing.
Also, this is full-length show, running about two hours — without an intermission. You can see exactly where that intermission ought to be, however. What happened to it?
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