There's poetry within the lines of "The Metromaniacs," and poetry within the minds of the verse-happy people who populate the play. So drenched, in fact, is this David Ives-adapted comedy in a reverence for rhyme and meter that the cast of the show " which is about to get its West Coast premiere at the Old Globe " even includes a published poet.
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 11:11AM on January 23, 2016