“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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