The musical, Cafe a Go Go, which takes us to a working-class London nightclub in the 60s, is a fun take on the Grease generation: teenage romance with verve, spirit, life, youthful enthusiasm and vigor. Written and directed by The Heather Brothers, the songs are bouncy and clever and the action is more contemporary than Grease, and reaches levels of comedy more entertaining for today.
The performers in the first-class cast all can really sing, and outstanding are cute, young Zack Gillman, who has real singing and comedic potential; Wade Fisher, a consummate lecherous lout; Jessica Cannon, a perfect ingenue; and Stehanie St. Hilaire, whose vivid presence in Brian Giacchetto's sexy costume fills the theater with libidinous energy as she dances with energetic abandon. They dance, they sing their hearts out; you'll dance in the aisle.
