Michael John LaChiusa's riff on Arthur Schnitzler's 1897 play gets a stellar production from Theo Ubique. Ten pairs of lovers, ten pairs of strangers. This musical is a La Ronde adaptation, meaning it performs the same cyclical game as Arthur Schnitzler's 1897 play about ten interlocking sets of romantic partners: the whore tosses a freebie to the soldier, who trifles with the nurse, who …
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AM on September 25, 2019