Lissa Moira's surreal creation, Who Murdered Love? is a strange, Chandleresque, film-noir musical filled with jokes, puns, and dreams in music and stylized action. A little Fellini, a little Midsummer Night's Dream, a DaDa extravaganza with elves, sprites, a detective (Nathan Wirmer), his beautiful, sexy client (Jennifer Guest) and a secretary who loves him (Anne Elyse Chambers). With strange costumes and masks, and a touch of Kurt Weill in one song (music by co-writer Richard West), the story brings us a segue (and a battle) from DaDa to Surrealism in Art, in dance (innovative choreography by Mariana Bekerman), song and action. It's all very strange fun with a good cast, including Olivia Gilbert and Nicky Romaniello as young lovers.
Moira, who wrote the book, lyrics, and directed, is very odd, but quite entertaining, in her far-outness. It's a "Midwinter's Day Dream." Moira is a talented creator of the off-beat, with her own vision, and she creates a strange world that will take you on a trip- a fun one.
