I set up a Google search years ago to let me know when the word Starman
appears in a news article. Occasionally it turns up something interesting,
but not necessarily good enough for the STARMANET list. Here's one that's a
critical review of a live play in Chicago: http://tinyurl.com/y4hb4e7g
Excerpt follows.
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“Take Me,” the new musical by Mark Guarino (book) and Jon Langford (music),
has a lot going for it, beginning with an infectious rock score and
impressive vocal talents. Langford, a veteran of many kick-ass punk and
rockabilly bands, gifts the show enough groovy guitar licks and punchy,
uptempo beats for a half-dozen rock space operas. The story development,
however, lags more than a few measures behind its very impressive musical
composition.
Nicole Bloomsmith stars as Shelly, a not-so-stable mom, who suspects that
aliens are grooming her for something bigger. That Shelly would fantasize
about a life among the stars makes sense given that her husband, a pilot
and sole survivor of a plane crash, lies in a vegetative state. Besides
communicating with aliens, Shelly spends a fair amount of time trying to
guide her husband (Michael Reyes) back to ground. Eventually, she comes to
believe that the aliens want her to build a UFO-centric amusement park in
Roswell, New Mexico. Helping her in this endeavor is a collection of misfit
characters who all believe that they, too, are being watched by benevolent
aliens.
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